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Starfish Heart Positioner and Harmonic Scalpel for Redo Off-Pump Coronary Bypass

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Daini Hospital, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

For reprint information contact: Hiroshi Niinami, MD Tel: 81 3 3810 1111 Fax: 81 3 3810 4064 email: niinamca{at}dnh.twmu.ac.jp Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Daini Hospital, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8567, Japan.

In a redo off-pump coronary artery bypass operation through a repeat median sternotomy, use of the Starfish Heart Positioner in combination with the Harmonic Scalpel may facilitate dissection of adhesions without hemodynamic impairment.

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