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Saphenous Vein Cannulation in Re‐Redo Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Agrifoglio Marco,
Gennari Marco,
Kassem Samer,
Polvani Gianluca
Publication year - 2012
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/jocs.12004
Subject(s) - medicine , saphenous vein graft , vein , surgery , cardiac surgery , cardiology , artery
The widely used peripheral vein site of cannulation (i.e., the femoral vein) cannot always be employed in the setting of re‐redo procedures. We propose a safe and simple surgical technique for a femoral vein cannulation using the greater saphenous vein as the inflow tract for the venous drainage in the setting of redo cardiac surgery. (J Card Surg 2012;27:676‐677)