Retrograde Cardioplegia Catheter
Retrograde Coronary Sinus Catheter · Retrograde Coronary Sinus Cardioplegia Catheter · Retrograde Cardioplegia Cannula · Coronary sinus catheter
A soft, curved catheter with a balloon near its tip, a removable curved stylet with a handle, and side lines for infusion, balloon inflation and pressure monitoring. Balloons may be self-inflating or manually inflated, smooth or textured.
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Gives cardioplegia backward through the coronary sinusSY-nusA hollow space in the body, most often one of the air-filled spaces in the skull bones around the nose.Full entry during heart surgery on bypass to protect the myocardiummy-oh-KAR-dee-umThe thick middle layer of the heart wall, made of heart muscle that contracts to pump blood.my/o musclecardi/o heart-um structureFull entry . The surgeon passes it through a purse-string stab wound in the right atriumAY-tree-umOne of the two upper chambers of the heart, which receive blood coming back to the heart.atri/o atrium-um noun endingFull entry into the coronary sinus. The balloon blocks the sinus so the solution flows backward, and a pressure line shows coronary sinus pressure. It is often Y-ed with the antegrade cardioplegia line so either route can be used.
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- ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (StatPearls, Retrograde Cardioplegia)
- Edwards Lifesciences. Retrograde Coronary Sinus Cardioplegia Catheter with Semi-Rigid Curved Stylet, Instructions for Use
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 25 (Cardiac Surgery), p. 952, Fig. 25.45
- livanova.com
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