A Flowmeter Technique to Exclude Internal Mammary Artery Anastomosis Error in an Arrested Heart

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Abstract

The revision of an internal mammary artery graft anastomosis because of a technical error can be time-consuming and complicated and may lead to complications. Here, we describe the technical details and our early experience of using a standard transit-time flowmeter to exclude technical errors and facilitate rapid decision making for anastomosis revision in an arrested heart during aortic cross-clamping in the absence of ultrasound guidance.

Keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft, CABG device

Divisions

fac_med

Publication Title

Heart, Lung and Circulation

Volume

27

Issue

5

Publisher

Elsevier

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