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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1413-1414
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Funnel graft to innominate vein to control epicardial bleeding

Inder D. Mehta, MDa, John A. Elefteriades, MDa

a Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Accepted for publication April 25, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Elefteriades, Yale University School of Medicine, 121 FMB, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06437

A simple technique to control severe epicardial bleeding is described. This technique constructs a "funnel graft" to deliver shed blood into the venous system. This technique was lifesaving during pericardiectomy in a critically ill patient with acute presentation of constrictive pericarditis.




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