Looped device for inferior vena cava taping through a right parasternal approach Katsuhiko Oda, MD, PhD, Takao Togo, MD, Kei Sakuma, MD, Takeshi Saito, MD, Naoshi Sato, MD, Shigekazu Sato, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 67, Issue 4, Pages 1188-1189 (April 1999) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00129-0
Fig 1 Preparation of the looped device. The soft end of a guidewire is bent gently and ligated firmly with 3-0 silk. The device is 40 to 50 cm long and the loop is approximately 1.5 cm in diameter. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 67, 1188-1189DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00129-0)
Fig 2 Technique for inferior vena caval taping with the looped device. The frontal (left) and caudal (right) view. The arrow indicates communication from the right to the posterior pericardial cavity. (RA = the right atrium; RV = the right ventricle; IVC = the inferior vena cava.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 67, 1188-1189DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00129-0)