Open AccessRoutine Use of Bilateral Skeletonized Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting
Author(s) -
Dmitry Pevni,
Gideon Uretzky,
A. Mohr,
R. Braunstein,
Achim Kramer,
Yael Ganor Paz,
Itzhak Shapira,
Rephael Mohr
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.756676
Subject(s) - medicine , internal thoracic artery , grafting , surgery , bypass grafting , artery , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer
Skeletonized harvesting of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) decreases the severity of sternal devascularization, thus reducing the risk of postoperative sternal complications in patients undergoing bilateral ITA grafting.
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