1. An experimental model of saphenous vein-to-coronary artery anastomosis with the St. Jude medical stainless steel connector 
Hartzell V Schaff, MD, Kenton J Zehr, MD, Luis F Bonilla, MD, Lucas H Brennecke, DVM, Todd Berg, BS, Rick Cornelius, BS, Paul Hindrichs, BS, William Swanson, BS 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 73, Issue 3, Pages (March 2002)
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2. Fig 1 Connector and delivery system.
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3. Fig 2 Connecting device loaded into the graft.
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4. Fig 3
The connecting device is inserted axially into the coronary artery (A), and inflation of the balloon expands and shortens the connector (B). After the balloon and nosecone are removed, the distal portion of the graft is ligated close to the anastomosis (C).
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5. Fig 4
Angiography 30-days postoperatively demonstrates a widely patent anastomosis of a graft constructed with a connector.
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6. Fig 5
Appearance of sutured and device-created anastomoses 30-days postoperatively. (LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery; LCX = left circumflex coronary artery.)
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7. Fig 6
Fibrous neointima covering the device with surrounding connective tissue in animals 1 and 5.
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