Easy technique for mounting the Heartstring system into the sheath.
The Heartstring system was developed to avoid the use of side-biting aortic clamps, but the sealing system sometimes tears. To solve this problem, a string is wound around the coiled seal and pulled gently.
Takemura
Hirofumi
H
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. takemura@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
Fukumoto
Yukiomi
Y
Miyauchi
Tadamasa
T
Shimabukuro
Katsuya
K
Imaizumi
Matsuhisa
M
Ishida
Narihiro
N
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome