Air blockage at coronary anastomosis detected by intraoperative epicardial ultrasonography

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jul;50(1):186-7. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv433. Epub 2016 Jan 14.

Authors

Kenji Iino¹, Hiroki Kato², Yoshitaka Yamamoto², Hirofumi Takemura²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic, Cardiovascular and General Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan knj.iino@gmail.com.
² Department of Thoracic, Cardiovascular and General Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.

PMID: 26768396
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv433

No abstract available

Keywords: Coronary artery bypass grafting; Epicardial ultrasonography; Transit-time flow measurement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects*
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology*
Coronary Artery Bypass*
Echocardiography
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardium / diagnostic imaging*
Pulse Wave Analysis