title: Sutureless mechanical anastomosis of a saphenous vein graft to a coronary artery with a new connector device.
abstract: 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.
authors: F S
authors: FS
authors: Eckstein
authors: L F
authors: LF
authors: Bonilla
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Meyer
authors: T A
authors: TA
authors: Berg
authors: P P
authors: PP
authors: Neidhart
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Schmidli
authors: T P
authors: TP
authors: Carrel
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013523:Surgical Equipment