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Pericardiectomy using the starfish heart positioner
Aubrey A Almeida1, Jaser Al-Shawawreh, Adam D Zimmet
1Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. aubreyalmeida@hotmail.com
Heart, Lung & Circulation
|July 13, 2007
Abstract:
We describe the use of the Starfish 2 heart positioning device as an aid to performing pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis. Whilst mainly a tool for off-pump coronary artery surgery, the Starfish device allows excellent cardiac positioning and haemodynamic stability during pericadiectomy via median sternotomy, without the need for cardiopulmonary bypass.

