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 ,
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.
