1. Initial Experience Using an Intraluminal Shunt During Revascularization of the Beating Heart 
Luiz Antônio Rivetti, MD, Sylvio M.A Gandra, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 63, Issue 6, Pages (June 1997)
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2. Fig. 1
Three-centimeter segments of silicone tubing (varying diameters).
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3. Fig. 2 Temporary intraluminal shunt.
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4. Fig. 3
Local control of the target vessel with loop sutures and snares.
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5. Fig. 4
Insertion and deairing of intraluminal shunt. (TIS = temporary intraluminal shunt.)
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6. Fig. 5
Intravascular position of shunt, which holds open the arteriotomy. (TIS = temporary intraluminal shunt.)
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7. Fig. 6
Removal of the temporary intraluminal shunt before completion of the anastomosis.
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