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    No-touch saphenous vein graft harvesting technique for coronary artery bypass grafting

    Although the patency of internal artery grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is superior to that of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs), good long-term patency rates have been reported with SVGs harvested...

    Yu Inaba, Masataka Yamazaki, Masatoshi Ohono in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2020)

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    Successful management of severe unilateral re-expansion pulmonary edema after mitral valve repair with mini-thoracotomy using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

    A 60-year-old man received mitral valve repair via right mini-thoracotomy, which was followed by unilateral re-expansion pulmonary edema on the right side and severe hemoptysis just after the surgery. Despite ...

    Hiroto Kitahara, Kazuma Okamoto in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2017)

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    Alternative peripheral perfusion strategies for safe cardiopulmonary bypass in atrial septal defect closure via a right minithoracotomy approach

    In cases of cardiac surgery via a minimally invasive right minithoracotomy approach, cardiopulmonary bypass is established with peripheral arterial cannulation, frequently with a single femoral artery. Occasio...

    Hiroto Kitahara, Kazuma Okamoto in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2016)