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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Sep 29;134(5):1259–1265. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.042

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Clot volume. Preheparinziation, using both full (titrated to activated clotting time > 300 seconds) and low (5000-IU bolus) doses, was associated with a significant decrease in clot volume. Open CO2 EVH without preheparinization produced a similar reduction. When clot was present in preheparinized or open CO2 EVH veins, it was normally of trivial volume (B, arrowhead) compared with the substantial volumes imaged in the unheparinized control group (A, arrowhead).