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Human Internal Mammary Artery (IMA) Transplantation and Stenting: A Human Model to Study the Development of In-Stent Restenosis
Published on: May 9, 2012
Simple and inexpensive technique for internal mammary artery harvest
Shyam K Thingnam1, Sachin A Kuthe, Prashant N Mohite
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Postgraduation Institute of Medical Research and Education, Chandigarh, India.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|January 28, 2010
Abstract:
A simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-use method for exposure of the left internal mammary artery is described. Two blades of the conventional four-blade sternal spreader hooking the Adson forceps, which passes through the loops of sternal wires, provides excellent exposure of the IMA. The same retractor is used for the rest of the procedure.
