The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 89, 146-148, Copyright © 1985 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Patch enlargement of the cardiovascular flow tract with neither flow occlusion nor extracorporeal circulation
H Maeta, Y Sakakibara, T Koishizawa, A Sakai and M Hori
A wire-guided knife has been developed for right ventricular outflow
reconstruction without the use of bypass circulation or flow occlusion. The
technique has been applied successfully in two patients with tetralogy of
Fallot and one patient with coarctation of the aorta.