Right pleuropericardial release: a useful technique in off-pump coronary surgery.
We describe the use of right pleurotomy combined with right pericardial release during off-pump coronary surgery. The maneuver releases the compression exerted on the right cardiac chambers during cardiac verticalization and improves hemodynamic stability during exposure of the posterior or lateral coronary vessels.
Velissaris
Theodore
T
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK. theo@velissaris.com
Stuklis
Robert G
RG
Hett
David A
DA
Ohri
Sunil K
SK
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery