Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting without mechanical stabilization in minipericardiotomy: a preliminary experience.
We describe a new off-pump coronary bypass technique, the "double suspension-stabilization stitch", performed without the support of mechanical stabilizers. This technique is very cheap and yields good hemodynamic stability, with no epicardial damage.
Di Biasi
Pietro
P
Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Policlinico Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, MI, Italy. pietro.dibiasi@multimedica.it
Di Mauro
Alessandra
A
Torre
Tiziano
T
Di Biasi
Maurizio
M
Donatelli
Francesco
F
D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D013536:Suture Techniques