Initial experience with sutureless proximal anastomoses performed with a mechanical connector leading to clampless off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery Kushagra Katariya, MD, Said Yassin, MD, Hassan Y Tehrani, MD, Pierluca Lombardi, MD, Saqib Masroor, MD, Tomas A Salerno, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 77, Issue 2, Pages 563-568 (February 2004) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01587-X
Fig 1 Angiogram of proximal anastomosis of saphenous vein graft to aorta facilitated with Symmetry aortic connector showing more than 50% stenosis just distal to anastomotic site (using gray connector size 4.5 to 5 mm external diameter of vein, 2 months postoperative). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 563-568DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01587-X)
Fig 2 Angiogram of proximal anastomosis of saphenous vein graft to aorta facilitated with Symmetry aortic connector without any stenosis (using gray connector size 4.5 to 5 mm external diameter of vein, 2 months postoperative). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 563-568DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01587-X)