Use of an Inexpensive Blue Band During Ventricular Assist Device and Total Artificial Heart Placement Facilitates and Expedites Explantation During Heart Transplant Dawn E. Jaroszewski, MD, MBA, Jesse J. Lackey, FA, Louis A. Lanza, MD, Patrick A. DeValeria, MD, Francisco A. Arabia, MD, MBA The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 5, Pages 1623-1624 (May 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.024 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Blue band identifiers are shown encircling the inferior vena cava (IVC), superior vena cava (SVC), and the aorta. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1623-1624DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.024) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Diagram demonstrates use of the blue band identifiers to place umbilical tapes for tourniquets. (IVC = inferior vena cava; SVC = superior vena cava; PA = pulmonary artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1623-1624DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.024) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions