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A stapling instrument for placement of right atrial pursestrings
I Brown1, T Dang, M D Horowitz
1Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Florida.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
The right atrial pursestring was placed in 12 patients undergoing cardiac operations utilizing a commercially available stapling instrument. Our initial experience indicates that this device can be used for rapid, simple, and safe application of the right atrial pursestring.