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The St Jude Medical symmetry aortic connector system for proximal vein graft anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting  Friedrich S. Eckstein, MD,

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1 The St Jude Medical symmetry aortic connector system for proximal vein graft anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting  Friedrich S. Eckstein, MD, Luis F. Bonilla, MD, Lars Englberger, MD, Franz F. Immer, MD, Todd A. Berg, Jürg Schmidli, MD, Thierry P. Carrel, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 123, Issue 4, Pages (April 2002) DOI: /mtc Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Carrel, Englberger, Schmidli, Eckstein, Immer
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3 Fig. 1 Aortic connector with loaded vein graft.
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4 Fig. 2 Aortic cutter with puncture needle with barbs and round, rotatable cutter blade creating hole through aorta. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

5 Fig. 3 Insertion of aortic connector system into aortic hole. Internal struts are released by pushing button on top of handle. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

6 Fig. 4 Aortic connector is pulled back. External struts are deployed.
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7 Fig. 5 A, Intraoperative outside view of two proximal vein anastomoses. B, Intraoperative inside view of proximal vein anastomosis through aortotomy in patient with additional aortic valve replacement. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions


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