Sutureless mechanical anastomosis of a saphenous vein graft to a coronary artery with a new connector device.
Construction of vascular anastomoses by manual suturing is a highly skilled and time-consuming procedure. The St Jude Medical Anastomotic Technology Group has developed a sutureless mechanical anastomosis device, which, when tested in animals, produced anastomoses in less than 3 min and with little training. Here we present the results of the first clinical saphenous-vein to coronary-artery anastomosis by means of this device.
Eckstein
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Bonilla
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Meyer
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B
Berg
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TA
Neidhart
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Schmidli
J
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Carrel
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D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013523:Surgical Equipment