A simple distal coronary perfusion technique in off-pump coronary artery bypass.
This communication describes the surgical technique and clinical outcomes of a simple coronary perfusion technique for use during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. An intra-coronary shunt tube connected to the graft conduit (saphenous vein or radial artery) with an arterial blood source (ascending aorta or right internal thoracic artery) was inserted distally via a coronary arteriotomy for temporary perfusion of six left anterior descending arteries and two right coronary arteries.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. toshimd@attglobal.net
Toshiya
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Ohtsuka
Noboru
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Motomura
Yoshihiro
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Suematsu
Shinichi
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Takamoto
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male