Pulmonary hypertension during beating heart coronary surgery: intermittent inferior vena cava snaring.
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Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension during beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting may compromise the possibility of safely completing the procedure off-pump. To obviate such a problem, we describe a simple technique by which the inferior vena cava is progressively snared to decrease pulmonary pressure.
Medical subject headings
- Coronary Artery Bypass
- Hypertension, Pulmonary