New graft holder for coronary artery bypass using arterial conduits.
An arterial graft holder was designed to facilitate coronary artery bypass surgery. It can be used to open the heel of arterial conduits and it immobilizes the graft with a spring clamp. The tip of the holder is made from flexible, silicon-coated vinyl chloride tubing, so that it can be inserted into the arterial lumen without causing endothelial injury.
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
Nishida
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Koyanagi
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D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans