[A method of isolation and preparation of the radial artery for direct revascularization of the myocardium]. / Metodika vydeleniia i podgotovki luchevoi arterii dlia priamoi revaskuliarizatsii miokarda.

ABSTRACT

The authors describe a technique of the isolation, preparation and use of the radial artery for the aortocoronary shunting for ischemic heart disease. The method is anatomically valid and approbated in 300 operations on the open heart. Safety and efficiency of using the radial artery is due to its not traumatic isolation, original preparing for shunting and medicamental prevention of its spasm.