title: Immobilization of ascending aorta with starfish positioner in off-pump CABG.
abstract: We describe an easy and simple way to immobilize the ascending aorta with the Starfish heart positioner during proximal anastomosis in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan. tamotsuyasuda@aol.com
authors.forename: Tamotsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higashidani
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome