Why the study?
Can epicardial ultrasound accurately visualize and assess construction errors in coronary artery anastomoses?
Population
12 ex vivo pressure perfused porcine and 5 isolated post-mortem human hearts used to construct 35 internal…
Comparison
Epicardial ultrasound assessment of anastomoses… vs Anastomoses without construction errors (n=7)
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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May aid error detection in porcine models; leaves open human validation before surgical adoption.
Can epicardial ultrasound accurately visualize and assess construction errors in coronary artery anastomoses?
Epicardial high-frequency ultrasound can accurately detect specific construction errors in coronary anastomoses, which significantly reduce the anastomotic orifice area.
Dessing et al. (2004) studied this question.
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