Simple technique of left heart bypass
S D Lick1, V R Conti, J B Zwischenberger
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0528, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 1, 1996
Abstract:
Left heart bypass is typically established by left atrial appendage cannulation. We report a technique using inferior pulmonary vein cannulation, which is technically simpler. We have used this technique in 20 cases with reliable venous inflow.


