| Author/Editor | Geršak, Borut | |
| Title | A technique for aortic valve replacement on the beating heart with continuous retrograde coronary sinus perfusion with warm oxygenated blood | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | Ann Thorac Surg | |
| Vol. and No. | Letnik 76 | |
| Publication year | 2003 | |
| Volume | str. 1312-4 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Abstract | The protection of ventricular myocardium in aortic valve operations is always an issue because those hearts do not tolerate global ischemia well. A technique of aortic valve replacement is described involving continuous retrograde coronary sinus perfusion with warm oxygenated blood used in 34 patients to date without any complications. This technique maintains a beating heart throughout the procedure. | |
| Descriptors | CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AORTIC VALVE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION |