AW: AW: AW: [HSF] Video of the week

[Tea Acuff]

Perhaps off pump pericardiectomy is merely an anachronism, Bob. My guess, however, is that on pump CABG is the true anachronism for exactly the reasons that you propose.
 
tea


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From: "Rwmfglycar at aol.com" <Rwmfglycar at aol.com>
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 8:36:11 PM
Subject: Re: AW: AW: AW: [HSF] Video of the week


Ani,
When I started doing constrictive pericarditis  cases it was a  logistic 
advantage not to use bypass. It really was not difficult  to  do these cases with 
minimal risk and excellent hemodynamic improvement.  As  our facilities 
improved there was plenty of good documentation to encourage a  continuation of the 
practice.
Bob



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