Axillary artery and transapical aortic cannulation as an alternative to femoral artery cannulation.
We present an experience with axillary artery and transapical aortic cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass according to our indication. We could simply achieve antegrade flow using the two methods with satisfactory result.
Watanabe
Ko
K
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan. kin-chan@ninus.ocn.ne.jp
Fukuda
Ikuo
I
Osaka
Motoo
M
Imazuru
Tomohiro
T
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans