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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;67:1173-1174
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Assessing flow during minimally invasive coronary artery bypass: an Allen’s test equivalent

Solomon Aronson, MDa, Mario Albertucci, MDb

a Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
b Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Accepted for publication October 9, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Aronson, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 4028, Chicago, IL 60637

The use of a provocative test to elicit selective regional myocardial dysfunction (detected with intraoperative TEE) as a method to infer adequacy of regional myocardial perfusion following MIDCAB is described. We liken the similarity of this technique to the originally described "Allens test" for determination of collateral blood flow adequacy.




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