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. 2022 Feb 2:13:62-64.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2022.01.007. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Caval isolation with balloon catheters within venous cannulas in cardiac surgery

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Caval isolation with balloon catheters within venous cannulas in cardiac surgery

Macit Bitargil et al. JTCVS Tech. .
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(A) Y connector with balloon catheter; (B) SVC cannula with a balloon catheter inside.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Fogarty catheters inside the right common femoral (A) and right internal jugular (B) venous cannulas. Arrows point to the direction of the patient's head.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Intraoperative photograph (A) and transesophageal echocardiographic image (B) of the inflated Fogarty balloon catheter (arrows) occluding the SVC at the SVC–right atrial junction. SVC, Superior vena cava.

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