title: Optimizing use of the octopus system for off-pump total arterial myocardial revascularization with the TY graft.
abstract: Rapid developments in interventional cardiology for the treatment of coronary artery disease ask for further evolution of surgical revascularization techniques with improved short-term and long-term results. Off-pump bypass grafting, total arterial revascularization, and use of composite arterial grafts are innovative operative procedures that are already established in many centers. We describe our technique to combine all three procedures in a single operation.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Clinic of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany. cvicol@helios.med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Calin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vicol
authors.forename: Georg D A
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Nollert
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mair
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichart
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006801:Humans; D019194:Ischemic Preconditioning; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation