Axillary artery and transapical aortic cannulation as an alternative to femoral artery cannulation

Ko Watanabe, Ikuo Fukuda, Motoo Osaka, Tomohiro Imazuru

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · 2003 · 18 citations · 7 references

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We present an experience with axillary artery and transapical aortic cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass according to our indication. We could simply achieve antegrade flow using the two methods with satisfactory result.

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