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New graft holder for coronary artery bypass using arterial conduits
M Endo1, H Nishida, H Koyanagi
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
Abstract:
An arterial graft holder was designed to facilitate coronary artery bypass surgery. It can be used to open the heel of arterial conduits and it immobilizes the graft with a spring clamp. The tip of the holder is made from flexible, silicon-coated vinyl chloride tubing, so that it can be inserted into the arterial lumen without causing endothelial injury.