Timothy E. Martens, Michael Argenziano and Mehmet C. Oz. “New Technology for Surgical Coronary Revascularization.” Circulation, 2006;114;606-614.
Klaus E. Matschke, MD, Jan F. Gummert, MD, Stefanos Demertzis, MD, Utz Kappert, MD, Marcel B. Anssar, MD, Francesco Siclari, MD, Volkmar Falk, MD, Edwin L. Alderman, MD, Christian Detter, MD, Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, and Wolfgang Harringer, MD. “The Cardica C-Port System: Clinical & angiographic evaluation of a new devices for automated, compliant distal anastomoses in CABG surgery - A multicenter prospective clinical trial.” The Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Dec 2005; 130: 1645-1652.
Quinn C, Balkhy H, Heckel M, Arnsdorf S. “Initial US Experience with the Cardica C-Port Distal Coronary Anastomotic Device.” The Heart Surgery Forum, 2006; 9(6).
Edward L. Hannan, Ph.D., Michael J. Racz, Ph.D., Gary Walford, M.D.,
Robert H. Jones, M.D., Thomas J. Ryan, M.D., Edward Bennet, M.D.,
Alfred T. Culliford, M.D., O. Wayne Isom, M.D., Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.,
and Eric A. Rose, M.D. “Long-Term Outcomes of Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting versus Stent Implantation.” The New England Journal of Medicine, 2005; 352:2174.
Mary Thompson. “Challenges & Opportunities for CABG Surgery.” MedTech Insight, Feb 2007; 9(2).
PAS-Port® System
Jörg Kempfert, MD, Ulrich T. Opfermann, MD, Markus Richter, MD, PhD, Torsten Bossert, MD, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhD, Jan F. Gummert, MD, PhD. "Twelve-Month Patency with the PAS-Port Proximal Connector Device - A Single Center Prospective Randomized Trial." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2008; 85:1579-1584.
Jan F. Gummert, MD, PhD, Stefanos Demertzis, MD, PhD, Klaus E. Matschke, MD, Utz Kappert, MD, Marcel Anssar, MD, Francesco Siclari, MD, Volkmar Falk, MD, Edwin L. Alderman, MD, and Wolfgang Harringer, MD, PhD. “Six-Month Angiographic Follow-Up of the PAS-Port II Clinical Trial.” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2006; 81:90-96.
Satoru Nishida, MD, Yujiro Kikuchi, MD, Go Watanabe, MD, Minoru Tabata, MD, Kenji Kawachi, MD. "How I do it: Traction of Ascending Aorta with Starfish Heart Positioner During Proximal Saphenous Vein Graft Anastomosis Using the PAS-Port System in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting." Heart Surgery Forum. 2007; 10(4):E315-6.
Lorenzo Guerrieri Wolf, MD, Yasir Abu-Omar, MRCS, Bikram P. Choudhary, MRCS, David Pigott, FRCA, and David P. Taggart, MD (Hons), PhD, FRCS. “Gaseous & solid cerebral microembolization during proximal aortic anastomoses in off-pump coronary surgery: The effect of an aortic side-biting clamp & two clampless devices.” The Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Feb 2007; 133:485-493.
Kenji Iino, MD, Shigeyuki Tomita, MD, Koichi Higashidani, MD, Toshimi Ujiie, MD, Sadahiko Arai, MD, Go Watanabe, MD. “Successful Coronary Revascularization Using the PAS-Port System in a Patient With Takayasu’s Arteritis and Behcet’s Disease.” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2006; 82:1889-91.
Hendrick Treede, MD, Wolfgang Harringer, MD, PhD, Stefanos Demertzis, MD, PhD, Bernard Hausen, MD, PhD, Christian Detter, MD, Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD. "Clinical Study on the Efficacy of a Newly Developed Tool for Automated One-Step Proximal Anastomosis in CABG Surgery (PAS-Port System). Proceedings of the 6th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery; 2003 June 19-23; San Francisco, CA, USA.
Stefanos Demertzis,MD, PhD, Wolfgang Harringer, MD, PhD, Bernard Hausen, MD, PhD, Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD. "The Cardica PAS-Port System for Automated Proximal Anastomoses in Coronary Surgery: Results of a Prospective Multi-Center Clinical Study. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; 2003 October 12-25; Vienna, Austria.
Wolfgang Harringer, MD, PhD, Stefanos Demertzis, MD, PhD, Hendrik Treede, MD, Christian Detter, MD, Ingo Kutschka, MD, Francesco Siclari, MD, Edwin Alderman, MD, Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD. "Six Month Angiographic and Two Year Clinical Follow-Up from The Cardica PAS-Port Pivotal Trial. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery; 2005 June 1-4; New York, New York, USA.
Stefanos Demertzis, MD, PhD, Rolf Wyttenback, MD, M Hochstrasser, MD, Francesco Siclari. "Mid-term results after sutureless proximal vein graft anastomosis using the PAS-Port® System." Abstract presented at the Swiss Society of Thoracic, Heart and Vascular Surgery; 2006 June 21-23; Lugano, Switzerland.
Jarmo Lahtinen, MD, Fausto Biancari, MD, PhD, Risto Ojala, MD, PhD, Martti Mosorin, MD, Riccardo Cresti, MD, Pekka Rainio, MD, Vesa Anttila, MD, PhD, Martti Lepojärvi, MD, PhD, Tatu Juvonen, MD. "Prospective, randomized study on the use of the Cardica PAS-Port aortic connector system in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.' Heart Surgery Forum. 2006; 9(2):E568-71.
Jan Gummert, MD, PhD, Ulrich Opfermann, MD, Markus Barten, MD, Markus Richter, MD, PhD, Ardawan Rastan, MD, Thomas Walther, MD, PhD, Volkmar Falk, MD, Friedrich Mohr, MD. "A single center comparison of proximal anastomoses performed with the PAS-Port device versus hand sewn technique - Results froma prospective randomized trial." Proceedings of the 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery; 2005 June 1-4; New York, New York, USA.
Hironori Izutani, MD, PhD, Masao Yoshitatsu, MD, PhD, Jyun Kawamoto, MD, Keijiro Katayama, MD. "A case of ostial stenosis with the PAS-Port proximal anastomosis system in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting." Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 2005 Aug; 4(4):341-3.
Thierry Carrel, MD, Friedrich Eckstein, MD, Lars Englberger, MD, Pascal Berdat, MD, Jürg Schmidli, MD. "Clinical experience with devices for facilitated anastomoses in coronary artery bypass surgery." Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2004 March; 77(3):1110-20.
Keiju Kotoh, MD, PhD, Kazuaki Fukahara, MD, PhD, Toshio Doi, MD, PhD, Saori Nagura, MD, Takuro Misaki, MD, PhD. "Predictors of early postoperative cerebral infarction after isolated off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting." Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2007 May; 83(5):1679-83.
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