title: A novel cardiac positioning device for left main coronary artery stenosis.
abstract: Significant hemodynamic alterations often occur during off-pump coronary artery bypass operations. Historically, left main coronary artery stenosis has been excluded from off-pump coronary artery bypass operations because of this concern. Many articles in recent times support off-pump operations in left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis. We describe here a safe and effective method to reduce the incidence of hemodynamic changes during beating heart surgery in patients with LMCA stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, India. doctorsushil@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sushil Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ambrish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rajput
authors.forename: Vijyant
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Devenraj
authors.forename: Shailendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Tushar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Jeevan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lal Sahni
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans