title: Preventing blood loss during application of the HEARTSTRING proximal seal system.
abstract: The HEARTSTRING Proximal Seal System (Guidant Corp, Santa Clara, CA) is used to avoid aortic clamping while the proximal anastomoses are sewn. To protect surgeons from spurting blood while the device is used, we use a see through plastic sheet to cover the area being operated on. This modified technique is applied whenever the system is used and allows the safe use of the device even in high-risk patients with hepatitis or human immunodeficiency virus.
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. peter.lamm@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Lamm
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Eifert
authors: Eckehart
authors: E
authors: Kilian
authors: Bruno
authors: B
authors: Reichart
authors: Gerd
authors: G
authors: Juchem
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics