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A Stapling Instrument for Placement of Right Atrial Pursestrings
Author(s) -
Brown Irene,
Dang Tuan,
Horowitz Michael D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1994.tb00869.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery
A bstract The right atrial pursestring was placed In 12 patients undergoing cardiac operations utilizing a commercially available stapling Instrument. Our initial experience Indicates that this device can be used for rapid, simple, and safe application of the right atrial pursestring.