title: How I do it: traction of ascending aorta with starfish heart positioner during proximal saphenous vein graft anastomosis using the PAS-Port system in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: The PAS-Port system allows for the rapid deployment of a clampless proximal anastomosis between a saphenous vein graft and the aorta. We have developed a simple technique of establishing traction of the ascending aorta with the Starfish heart positioner during proximal saphenous vein anastomosis using the PAS-Port system in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. snishida@k6.dion.ne.jp <snishida@k6.dion.ne.jp>
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawachi
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D014143:Traction / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome