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Arterial switch operation: successful bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting
K K Nair1, K C Chan, M S Hickey
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 6, 2000
Abstract:
Internal thoracic artery grafting in arterial switch operations for transposition of great arteries has been reported for salvage of myocardial ischemia after initial coronary transfer. We report a situation where we opted for primary coronary bypass grafting to avoid an obviously difficult coronary transfer, with successful outcome.