J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:826
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Iatrogenic coronary stenosis
Hendrick Boyer Barner, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Louis University, St Louis, Mo
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To the Editor:
Maltais and associates have reminded us of the hazard of selective antegrade coronary perfusion with an intracoronary cannula, which is occasionally appropriate despite the utility of retrograde cardioplegia.1
Working with DLP Inc. in 1984, we developed a noncannulating coronary cannula to avoid trauma to the ostium and the proximal coronary artery.2
The recessed . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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