Open AccessEffect of vacuum-assisted closure on blood flow in the peristernal thoracic wall after internal mammary artery harvesting
Author(s) -
Rainer Petzina,
Lotta Gustafsson,
Azam Mokhtari,
Richard Ingemansson,
Malin Malmsjö
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.04.009
Subject(s) - blood flow , medicine , internal thoracic artery , anatomy , laser doppler velocimetry , artery , perfusion , mediastinitis , surgery , bypass grafting
Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) is a recently introduced method for the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis. The aim was to examine the effects of VAC negative pressure on peristernal soft tissue blood flow after internal mammary artery harvesting.
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