A simple distal coronary perfusion technique in off-pump coronary artery bypass.

摘要

This communication describes the surgical technique and clinical outcomes of a simple coronary perfusion technique for use during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. An intra-coronary shunt tube connected to the graft conduit (saphenous vein or radial artery) with an arterial blood source (ascending aorta or right internal thoracic artery) was inserted distally via a coronary arteriotomy for temporary perfusion of six left anterior descending arteries and two right coronary arteries.