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Published on: March 26, 2018
Prevention of internal thoracic artery spasm
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Perioperative spasm of the internal thoracic artery is a common experience in coronary artery bypass grafting. We describe a simple method of harvesting the internal thoracic artery with improved ease of dissection that helps to prevent the arterial spasm.
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