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The sinker technique: a simple, effective technique for exposing coronary arteries in off-pump surgery
Tsutomu Matsushita1, Shinsuke Masuda, Tomoya Inoue
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Maizuru Mutual Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. atmatsu@tokyonet.com.au
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 23, 2010
Abstract:
Exposure and stabilization of coronary arteries in the circumflex and right territory is essential for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. A new, easy technique of exposing and stabilizing coronary arteries using a sinker (weight) hung on a silicone elastomer suture for hemostasis from the arteriotomy is described.

