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Bloodless cannulation of the ascending aorta
1Mid-Atlantic Heart Institute, Lancaster General Hospital, Pennsylvania 17603, USA. ctsl@redrose.net
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|January 19, 1999
Abstract:
Bloodless cannulation of the aorta can be accomplished easily. A full thickness stab wound prior to insertion of the cannula is unnecessary as the aorta's inner layers have little strength.