The heart string: a simple, inexpensive exposure of the heart during coronary artery operations Hiroshi Niinami, MD, PhD, Hitoshi Koyanagi, MD, Peter W Brady, Donald E Ross The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 4, Pages 1280-1281 (April 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01094-8
Fig 1 Schematic representation of the technique. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1280-1281DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01094-8)
Fig 2 Cross-section of the chest as seen from below when exposing the posterior surface of the heart. (Cx = circumflex coronary artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1280-1281DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01094-8)