title: Extraanatomic Bypass for Recurrent Aortic Coarctation Involving the Arch and Replacement of the Ascending Aorta via Sternotomy.
abstract: A suction device, currently used to lift the heart in off-pump coronary surgery, was used to facilitate an extraanatomic bypass grafting procedure in a patient with recoarctation of the aorta, hypoplasia of the aortic arch, and dilatation of the ascending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, S. Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blasio
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benussi
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arcobasso
authors.forename: Ottavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alfieri