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Use of the Right Mammary Artery for Coronary Bypass

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Paul C. Taylor

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

As the utilization of internal mammary arteries (IMAs) for coronary bypass is expanded, more distal dissection becomes necessary to obtain longer pedicles to reach various sites in the coronary arterial tree. Preoperative arteriography precisely delineates the distal IMA anatomy and is particularly useful when the right IMA is being utilized.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 21, No. 5, 301-304 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/153857448702100501


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