Coronary anastomoses over intraluminal occluders.
A simplified technique with the use of intraluminal vessel occluders to prevent collateral flow of blood and cardioplegic solution during saphenous vein distal coronary artery anastomosis is presented here. Additional advantages of this technique are the stenting of vessels to facilitate vessel approximation and the assurance of anastomotic patency.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas.