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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
Modified technique of internal mammary artery harvest
L C John1, S J Edmondson, G M Rees
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
A simple method of internal mammary artery harvesting is described. Hydrostatic pressure is used as an aid to dissection of the tissues including the internal mammary artery from the chest wall. The technique minimizes trauma to the mammary artery and allows for a rapid harvest.
