title: Technique for using the St. Jude aortic connector in anastomosis with a composite graft of saphenous vein and radial artery.
abstract: We presented a technique for using the St. Jude Aortic Connector System in anastomosis with a composite graft of saphenous vein and radial artery. This technique has not been reported in the previous literature. Our technique could improve some disadvantages of the St. Jude Aortic Connector and allow this device to be used in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB).
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nohara
authors.forename: Hidehito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014654:Vascular Patency