Favaloro Artery — Cleveland-Clinic CABG Pattern

René Favaloro (1923-2000), the Argentine surgeon at Cleveland Clinic who in May 1967 performed the first saphenous-vein coronary-artery bypass graft, gave his name to the slim coronary-arteriotomy scissor that defined the procedure. The Favaloro reference pattern serves coronary-arteriotomy completion at the LAD/LCx/RCA, distal-anastomosis bevel-cut on a vein-graft hood, and proximal-aortic-anastomosis side-bite cut at the aortic punch site.

Coronary-arteriotomy use

• LAD/LCx/RCA arteriotomy
• Vein-graft hood bevel
• Aortic-punch side-bite

Favaloro artery, AISI 420 stainless. Forged in Sialkot.