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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1019-1020
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How to Do It

Exposing the Circumflex Coronary Artery: The Heartflip Technique

Fred H. Splittgerber, MD, Ivar Friedrich, MD, Beate Falk, MD, George Kroncke, MD, Joseph G. Talbert, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Essen University Medical School Hospitals, Essen, Germany; and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wayne State University Medical School, Harper Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

Accepted for publication October 11, 1995.

A method to expose the circumflex coronary artery in its course in the atrioventricular groove is introduced. No special equipment or assistance is required. This method also can be applied to expose the obtuse marginal branches of the circumflex coronary artery. Adverse effects have not been observed.




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