title: External shunt for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: distal coronary perfusion catheter.
abstract: We invented a simple external shunt catheter for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. This catheter maintains coronary perfusion from femoral artery, prevents ischemia, reduces back-bleeding, and acts as a suture guide by preventing accidental missuturing of the posterior coronary wall. The insertion and withdraw technique is easier than intraluminal shunt. This catheter would be a useful tool for myocardial protection during off-pump revascularization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokushin General Hospital, Nagano, Japan. hiro.tsrg@tmd.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sunamori
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D010477:Perfusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods