Facile Stabilization and Exposure Techniques in Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery Murat Kurtoglu, MD, Sanser Ates, MD, Tuba Demirozü, MD, İbrahim Duvan, MD, Haldun Y. Karagoz, MD, Tayfun Aybek, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 5, Pages e30-e31 (May 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.025 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Stabilization of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Intraoperative situs during stabilization of the LAD. (1 = epicardial stabilization sutures.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, e30-e31DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.025) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Exposure and stabilization of the circumflex coronary artery territory. Suture technique during stabilization of the ramus circumflexus artery. (1 = epicardial stabilization sutures; 2 = transmural exposition sutures.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, e30-e31DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.025) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Exposure and stabilization of the right coronary artery territory. Intraoperative situs for exposition and stabilization of the right coronary artery. (1 = epicardial stabilization sutures; 2 = transmural exposition sutures.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, e30-e31DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.025) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions