During bypass surgery, a surgeon connects healthy blood vessels to bypass a blocked artery. It is often needed for those with ...

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) grafting is performed via small, left anterolateral thoracotomy. The left internal mammary artery was grafted to the left anterior descending ...

Effler and his associates, 5 using the original Vineberg procedure, and Sewell et al., 6 using their own modification, both reported on a series of patients subjected to internal-mammary-artery ...

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THIS report is a summary of observations made in an attempt to evaluate internal-mammary-artery ligation as a method of therapy for coronary insufficiency. Angina pectoris, myocardial ischemia and ...

Even limited use of veins appears to diminish the long-term benefits of an all-arterial approach,” says Alistair Royse.

Use of a radial artery (located within the forearm, wrist and hand) graft compared with a saphenous vein (from the leg) graft for coronary artery bypass grafting did not result in improved ...

Of the estimated 25 million Americans who suffer from coronary artery disease, fewer than 10 million have their problem neatly confined to a plug of fatty or chalky material in a single artery —what ...

TORONTO, ON — Survival is improved when the right internal mammary artery (RIMA) rather than the radial artery (RA) is used as the second conduit when performing CABG for multivessel disease, a new ...