Journal article
"H" Graft from the Right Internal Mammary Artery to the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery: An Alternative Strategy in Reoperative Grafting of the LAD Territory
Journal of cardiac surgery, Vol.16(1), pp.83-85
01/2001
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2001.tb00489.x
PMID: 11713863
Abstract
Reoperative grafting of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery or its diagonal branches can be accomplished through a left anterior small thoracotomy (LAST) on the beating heart using the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) as a conduit. Patients in whom the LIMA has been used previously, however, are generally excluded from this approach unless an alternative technique is utilized. We describe a new technique applicable to these patients that consists of grafting the LAD through a LAST approach and connecting the graft to the right internal mammary artery (RIMA).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- "H" Graft from the Right Internal Mammary Artery to the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery: An Alternative Strategy in Reoperative Grafting of the LAD Territory
- Creators
- Marco Ricci - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkKurt von Fricken - Jackson Memorial HospitalTomas A Salerno - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkThomas Z. Lajos - Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of cardiac surgery, Vol.16(1), pp.83-85
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2001.tb00489.x
- PMID
- 11713863
- ISSN
- 0886-0440
- eISSN
- 1540-8191
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2001
- Academic Unit
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984322879502771
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