Transit-time flow measurement cannot detect wrong anastomosis of an internal thoracic artery with the cardiac vein in coronary artery surgery.
Takami
Yoshiyuki
Y
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kasugai Municipal Hospital, Kasugai City, Japan. cvs@hospital.kasugai.aichi.jp
Masumoto
Hiroshi
H
D000368:Aged; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D018056:Hemorheology; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011673:Pulsatile Flow