Volume 25, Issue 5 pp. 511-512

Top-End Aortocoronary Anastomosis Made Easy: The Visor Technique

Ivor F. Galvin F.R.C.S.I., F.R.A.C.S.

Ivor F. Galvin F.R.C.S.I., F.R.A.C.S.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Sean D. Galvin M.B.Ch.B.

Sean D. Galvin M.B.Ch.B.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand

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First published: 02 September 2010
Citations: 1
Address for correspondence: Ivor F. Galvin, F.R.C.S.I., F.R.A.C.S., Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dunedin Hospital, Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand. Fax: +6434747723; e-mail: [email protected]

Conflict of interest: None

Abstract

Abstract The importance of the proximal aortocoronary anastomosis is overshadowed by its lack of literary attention. This aortic connection, sometimes difficult to perform, is simplified by the Visor technique. (J Card Surg 2010;25:511-512)

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