[HSF] aortic root replacement ,svere hyperbilirubinemia

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Hal,
What is your method of myoc protection in high sternal split. How do you arrest the heart without control of Lima.Do you control it through  supraclavicular approach.
erdinc> From: Hgrmd at aol.com> Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 17:38:17 -0400> Subject: Re: [HSF] aortic root replacement ,svere hyperbilirubinemia> To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com> CC: > > Prasanna,> I agree that the cosmesis isn't so great for an upper sternal split. > However, it does seem to result in less discomfort, blood loss, LOS, etc. I > believe John Byrne, when he was at the Brigham, published extensively on this > technique. In particular, I've found it makes an AVR in the setting of a > previous CABG much easier. You don't have to dissect out anything but the > ascending aorta. I make no effort to find a patent mammary. Ed Bender also uses > this approach and has similar beliefs.> > Hal> > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour> _______________________________________________> OpenHeart-L mailing list> > Send postings to:> OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, to CHANGE email address, or to view archives:> http://mmp.cjp.com/mailman/listinfo/openheart-l> > All messages transmitted by the OpenHeart-L are subject to the policies and > disclaimers posted at:> http://www.hsforum.com/listdisclaim> -----------------------------------------