A simple method for eliminating strain on aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass grafts: The suspension of the right atrial appendage and plication of the right atrium

Denyan Mansuroğlu; İsmail Cihan Özbek; Kenan Sever; Nuri Kurtoğlu

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.134

Denyan Mansuroğlu¹, İsmail Cihan Özbek¹, Kenan Sever¹, Nuri Kurtoğlu²

¹Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Private Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
²Departments of Cardiology, Private Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.134

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Strain on saphenous vein grafts may compromise the blood flow in the bypass graft. This may result in early postoperative ischemic complications as well as a decrease in early and late graft patency rates. In this article, we present two simple techniques to eliminate the excessive strain on the saphenous grafts when the patient is weaned off the cardiopulmonary bypass.

Keywords : Graft strain; ischemia; saphenous vein graft

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