The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 47, 470-471, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Angiocatheter coronary artery reperfusion before cardioplegia for evolving myocardial infarction
H Nishida, H Soltanzadeh, KC Thieman and RK Grooters
Department of Surgery, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines.
A simple reperfusion method using an angiocatheter during total
cardiopulmonary bypass before aortic cross-clamping is described. This
method has been used successfully for catastrophic evolving myocardial
infarctions.