[HSF] ima dilatation

Sat Aug 4 08:37:15 EDT 2007

As soon as I harvest the pedicled LIMA, I unfold it on a swab and spray 
along it  Sodium Nitroprusside (2.5mg in 5mls 5% dextrose) then envelope in 
the swab and role it up in the location as it goes in the chest cavity. I 
leave it there until I am going to graft it. At no time the nitroprusside is 
injected intraluminally.

Joe Galea

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From: "Jorge Rodriguez Campos" <jrodriguezcampos at yahoo.com>
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De: Jorge Rodriguez Campos <jrodriguezcampos at yahoo.com>
Para: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Enviado: lunes, 30 de julio, 2007 12:01:21
Asunto: Re: [HSF] ima dilatation

Dear Mark, Don an other.
                                        Skeletonización IMA, after 
heparinized, to cut distal, to see the flow and clipped, an then can inmerse 
in papaverine diluted.-( see the image)
                                         20 minutes after the graft has 
better flow and diameter.-

                                                         Jorge Rodriguez 
Campos

----- Mensaje original ----
De: Donald Ross <donross at bigpond.com>
Para: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Enviado: lunes, 30 de julio, 2007 4:19:19
Asunto: Re: [HSF] ima dilatation

Mark,
I think my unfortunate dissections with retrograde ima injection may
have been related to the fine olive tipped needle from DLP which I
used . I think it was "too sharp" and hopefully the 22G angiocath
will be safer.
It must have been at least 10 years since I abandoned intra-luminal
injection, so really the advantages can't be all that great.
Cheers,
Don
On 29/07/2007, at 2:13 PM, Mark Levinson wrote:

>
> On Jul 22, 2007, at 1:05 AM, Donald Ross wrote:
>
>> Tohru,
>> I appreciate the details of how you sex up the internal mammary.
>> I hope, somewhat different from the technique you use for the
>> external variety.
>>
>> I like your  technique for intra-luminal injection and will start
>> doing it again to avoid the advential band  which  was  not
>> detected because the ima  was not fully dilated.
>>
>> BTW I use verapamil undiluted
>>
>>>
>
> Don:
>
> Skeletonization and then intraluminal injection allows you to
> identify these bands (if any are left after skeletonized harvest)
> and they are snipped with
> the fine coronary scissors before grafting.     I use the same
> intraluminal injection as Tohru Asai (only with VG + Regitine) and
> this confirms that the
> graft has high flow, no dissections and no strictures before I
> gamble the fate of the patient on it.
>
> I think distal injection can be done safely, and the response is
> immediate so you can then plan the case knowing the graft is OK or
> not.
>
> If the IMA dissects with retrograde injection, it is most likely
> that a flap already exists and you just made it more obvious.
> Better to know before
> grafting than to find out in the ICU.   I find that local
> dissections can be hidden under the pedicle in non-skeletonized
> conduits.
>
> However, I have watched video of your dissection technique, and I
> know that you take the vein, and not much is left...
>
>
> Mark
>
> Mark M. Levinson, MD
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