title: Use of the "single suture" technique to expose the anterior surface of the heart.
abstract: The "single suture" technique, which consists of placing a suture in the oblique sinus of the posterior pericardium and connecting it to a vaginal tape, is commonly adopted in off-pump coronary artery revascularization to obtain elevation of the heart and coronary artery exposure. This report describes the use of this technique to expose the anterior wall of the heart in the setting of ventricular aneurysm repair.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Center for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, The Buffalo General Hospital and State University of New York at Buffalo, New York 14203, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Karamanoukian
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Ancona
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bergsland
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Salerno
mesh_terms: D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*