Surgical Coronary Revascularization Using an Off-Pump, No-Touch Technique: The Cyclone (Hexalon) Experience
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52508#.VJoozcCAM4 Author(s) Jeffrey M. Schussler 1,2 , Theodore T. Theologes 3 , Baron L. Hamman 3* Affiliation(s) 1 Division of Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA . 2 Texas A & M College of Medicine, Dallas, TX, USA . 3 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA . ABSTRACT The Cyclone TM System (Castlewood Surgical, Inc., Concord, MA) is a novel device that facilitates the attachment of the saphenous vein onto the ascending aorta for the purpose of creating a bypass graft during a coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) operation. It allows the surgeon to ...