In our experience, we could reach a pedicle length of four to five centimeters, depending in the needed graft size. In case a longer pedicle is needed, an extension to the internal mammary artery is ...

Left anterior descending artery (LAD) was grafted with skeletonized left internal mammary artery (LIMA)[2], and right coronary artery (RCA) and circumflex artery (Cx) were grafted with saphenous vein ...

Introduction: The internal thoracic artery is commonly used as a graft in coronary artery bypass grafting. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether papaverine prevents vasoconstriction caused by ...

myocardial revascularization by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the state-of-the-art therapeutic procedure. Commonly, CABG requires autologous bypass grafts such as the internal thoracic ...

“The patient is scheduled for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. He is taking aspirin 100 mg/die for secondary prevention of coronary artery disease. Should aspirin be continued, ...