title: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting without mechanical stabilization in minipericardiotomy: a preliminary experience.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Policlinico Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, MI, Italy. pietro.dibiasi@multimedica.it
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Biasi
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Mauro
authors.forename: Tiziano
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Torre
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Biasi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Donatelli
mesh_terms: D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D013536:Suture Techniques