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Modified pericardial closure to protect cardiovascular structures during sternal reentry
A Zapolanski1, N H Fishman, M N Bronstein
1San Francisco Heart Institute, Seton Medical Center, Daly City, California 94015.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
A technique is described for covering the anterior surface of the heart and bypass grafts with autologous pericardium after myocardial revascularization. A trapezoidal flap is created that incorporates bilateral relaxing incisions to avoid distortion of grafts or increased risk of pericardial tamponade.

