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Heart is rolled to the patient's right side, with or without laparotomy packs.
Further exposure can be achieved by elevating the right hemisternum and allowing the apex to enter the front of the right pleural space. All right sided pericardial sutures are removed and the pleura is widely incised. All rights reserved. The material available at this site is for educational purposes only and is NOT intended for any diagnostic, clinically related, or other purpose. Forum Multimedia Publishing, LLC, assumes no responsibility for any use or misuse of this material and makes no warranty or representation of any kind with respect to the material available at this site.