• Title of article

    In off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, an appropriate method for intraoperative evaluation of grafts and vessels has been awaited. We report the usefulness of a 15-MHz linear transducer for this purpose. A 15-MHz linear transducer with a SONOS 5500 (

  • Author/Authors

    Roland Hetzer، نويسنده , , Evgenij V. Potapov، نويسنده , , Yuguo Weng، نويسنده , , Henryk Sinawski، نويسنده , , Friedrich Knollmann، نويسنده , , Takeshi Komoda، نويسنده , , Ewald Hennig، نويسنده , , Miralem Pasic، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    347
  • To page
    350
  • Abstract
    A left lateral thoracotomy was used for implantation of the continuous-flow MicroMed DeBakey left ventricular assist device in 12 patients with previous heart operations through a median sternotomy. This approach avoids reopening the chest through a median sternotomy and reduces the risk of bleeding and subsequent complications.
  • Journal title
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Record number

    607260