title: How I do it: high-quality intraoperative fluorescence imaging in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: We have developed a simple technique for establishing high-quality intraoperative fluorescence imaging in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. The technique of transaortic injection of indocyanine green is an effective method of achieving clear fluorescence imaging and for evaluating the quality of graft anastomoses. We consider the images obtained with this technique to be equivalent to those obtained by conventional coronary angiography with selective enhancement of the graft.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. 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: Munehisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Teruaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ushijima
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawachi
mesh_terms: D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000637:transplantation*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007208:Indocyanine Green