Transit Time Flow Measurement in Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass: What Do the Numbers Mean?

Journal: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Published Date: Jan 1, 2022

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Transit time flow measurement (TTFM) is valuable for assessing intraoperative graft patency in coronary artery bypass surgery (CAB). The significance of competitive native coronary flow on patency, as predicted by percentage of backflow (%BF) on TTFM, is unknown. This study aims to evaluate intraoperative TTFM parameters, and specifically %BF, in predicting graft patency in robotic totally endoscopic CAB (TECAB).

Authors

  • Benjamin Yang
    Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, 21727University of Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Sarah Nisivaco
  • Gianluca Torregrossa
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Mount Sinai Saint Luke's, Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Mount Sinai West (Roosvelt), New York, NY.
  • Husam H Balkhy

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