Pericardium Reconstruction With the Starfish Heart Positioner After Extended Thymectomy With Combined Left Side Pericardium Resection

We describe the use of the Starfish 2 heart positioning device as an aid to pericardium reconstruction after en bloc resection of mediastinal tumors of the left pericardium by use of median sternotomy with anterolateral thoracotomy. The Starfish device, which is a tool for off-pump coronary artery p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2012-12, Vol.94 (6), p.2136-2138
Hauptverfasser:	Shimizu, Kimihiro, MD, PhD, Nakano, Tetsuhiro, MD, PhD, Kakegawa, Seiichi, MD, PhD, Ohtaki, Yoichi, MD, PhD, Nagashima, Toshiteru, MD, Kamiyoshihara, Mitsuhiro, MD, PhD, Atsumi, Jun, MD, Igai, Hitoshi, MD, PhD, Takeyoshi, Izumi, MD, PhD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Equipment Design Humans Medical sciences Pericardiectomy - instrumentation Pericardium - surgery Pneumology Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods Sternotomy - instrumentation Surgery Thoracotomy - instrumentation Thymectomy - methods Thymoma - surgery Thymus Neoplasms - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe the use of the Starfish 2 heart positioning device as an aid to pericardium reconstruction after en bloc resection of mediastinal tumors of the left pericardium by use of median sternotomy with anterolateral thoracotomy. The Starfish device, which is a tool for off-pump coronary artery procedures, allows excellent cardiac positioning and hemodynamic stability during pericardium reconstruction through a median sternotomy with anterolateral thoracotomy.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.069