Biomed. Papers 148(1), 59-61 (2004) | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2004.010

CARDIOMED CORONARY FLOW METER FOR PREVENTION OF EARLY OCCLUSION IN AORTOCORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING

Marek Gwozdziewicz
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Teaching Hospital, 775 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Introduction: The number of patients undergoing technically demanding off-pump myocardial revascularization is increasing, these days. Some researchers question the quality of the aortocoronary bypasses done on the beating heart and consequently their good patency.

Material and methods: 50 consecutive patients underwent off pump coronary surgery using sequential bypass technique, at our department. The quality of constructed grafts was evaluated using the CardioMed Trace System (CM4008, Medi-Stim As, Oslo, Norway) (TTFM).

Results: All sequential bypasses showed good per-operative quality with a mean fl ow of 69.4 ml/min.

Conclusion: TTFM seems to be an eff ective tool for the per-operative aortocoronary bypass patency verifi cation and should help to prevent early graft occlusion. Abbreviations: TTFM transit time flow meter

Keywords: Aortocoronary bypass, Sequential, Occlusion, Flow measurement

Received: May 5, 2004; Accepted: June 29, 2004; Published: July 1, 2004  Show citation

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Gwozdziewicz, M. (2004). CARDIOMED CORONARY FLOW METER FOR PREVENTION OF EARLY OCCLUSION IN AORTOCORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING. Biomedical papers, 148(1), 59-61. doi: 10.5507/bp.2004.010
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