Left internal thoracic artery
Change in luminal diameter of the left internal thoracic artery anastomosed to the totally occluded left anterior descending coronary artery
... coronary artery anastomosis, the harvested RGEA was used as an extended ...or left circumflex ...onary artery diameter of 1 mm or greater, with the aim of complete ...the thoracic drainage ...
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Long term follow up results of sequential left internal thoracic artery grafts on severe left anterior descending artery disease
... All patients were called for clinical control by telephone and coronary arteriography was proposed. Three patients could not be reached. Two patients refused cor- onary arteriography. There were 3 late deaths; 2 were due ...
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Unexpected normal left ventricular systolic function after total chronic occlusion of left main coronary artery and stenosis of right coronary artery: a case report and review of the literature
... the internal thoracic arteries and the saphenous vein graft (SVG) were ...right internal thoracic artery (RITA) was anastomosed to left internal thoracic ...
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A randomized comparison of flow characteristics of semiskeletonized and pedicled internal thoracic artery preparations in coronary artery bypass
... the left internal thoracic artery (ITA) as a bypass graft to the left anterior descend- ing artery (LAD) evident by valuable outcomes ...the artery and the increased time ...
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The internal thoracic artery in human foetuses
... the left side in 30% of cases and on the right side in 5% of ...capular artery (16%), with the suprascapular artery and the transverse cervical artery (5%), with the as- cending cervical ...
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Abnormal origin of internal thoracic artery from the thyrocervical trunk: surgical considerations
... the left side we came across an unusual origin of ITA from the TCT, the latter one being composed of a common trunk for the inferior thyroid and suprascapular artery, with the ascending cervical ...
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Does Bilateral Pedicle Internal Thoracic Artery Harvest Increase the Risk of Mediastinitis?
... The left anterior descending artery was routinely revascularized with the in situ RITA; long-term results show that important left coronary vessels are revascularized with both in situ ...coronary ...
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Management of Internal Mammary Artery Spasm
... [39] Polvani, G., Marino, M.R., Roberto, M., Dainese, L., Parolari, A., Pompilio, G., Di Matteo, S., Fumero, A., Cannata, A., Barili, F. and Biglioli, P. (2002) Acute Effects of 17β-Estradiol on Left ...
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The internal thoracic artery skeletonization study: A paired, within patient comparison [NCT00265499]
... The use of ITAs as bypass conduits has been demonstrated to improve clinical outcomes following coronary artery bypass surgery. However, there are several potential rea- sons that limit the utilization of the ITA. ...
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Intraoperative transit-time flowmetry in patients undergoing coronary surgery to determine relationships between graft flow and patency and prior coronary interventions and flow demand: a retrospective study
... situ internal thoracic artery (ITA) to left anterior descending (LAD), 129 in situ ITA and 65 aorto-coronary saphenous vein grafts (SVG) to the left circumflex (LCX), and 142 in situ ...
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Histologic examination of the clipped internal thoracic artery by transmission electron microscope in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
... ITA conduit was harvested by one surgeon. After per- forming a standard midline sternotomy, the left ITA was harvested in a pedicled fashion. A longitudinal incision on the endothoracic fascia about 1 cm medial to ...
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Complete right- and left-sided thoracic ducts associated with aberrant left vertebral artery: unreported case with surgical implications
... and left thoracic ducts (green and red arrows, ...the left venous angle; 1 — aortic arch; 2 — innominate artery; 3 — left common carotid artery; 4; left-vertebral ...
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The midterm outcome and MACE of robotically enhanced grafting of left anterior descending artery with left internal mammary artery
... the left thoracic cavity through three ports. First the left internal mammary ar- tery (LIMA) was harvested and the left anterior descend- ing artery (LAD) exposed through a ...
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Predictors and prevention of flow insufficiency due to limited flow demand
... the left anterior descending artery (LAD), left circumflex artery (LCX), and right cor- onary artery (RCA), and that were evaluated by postop- erative catheter ...in-situ ...
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Adenosine as cardioprotective in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
... coronary artery bypass grafting were prospectively stud- ...poor left ventricular function (ejection fraction ˂ 30%), or who showed evidence of acute ischemia before surgery were excluded from the ...
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... The normal three branched AA was reported in about 92.72% of hearts [8] and 63.5% AA [9] studied, suggesting conventional origin of Left SA from the AA. An amount of 59 out of 60 SA showed origin from the ...
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Endovascular repair of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta: report of three cases and review of
... A 17 year old male worker was referred to our institution about 30 minutes after fall- ing down 20 meters from a building. On ar- rival at the emergency department the pa- tient was conscious with a Glasgow Coma Scale ...
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Original Article Efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: arterial infusion chemotherapy vs intravenous chemotherapy
... Traditional indications for neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer include N2 stage-fixed or mat- ted lymph node on ipsilateral side, or clinically apparent ipsilateral internal mammary nodes in the absence of ...
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Agenesis of Bilateral Internal Carotid Arteries and Posterior Fossa Abnormality in a Patient with Facial Capillary Hemangioma: Presumed Incomplete Phenotypic Expression of PHACE Syndrome
... developed internal carotid artery correspond to embryonic ...in internal carotid artery segmental ...petrous internal carotid artery; a rich anastomotic intradural network at the ...
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Volume Based Morphometry of Brain MR Images in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis and Healthy Control Subjects
... a left thoracic curve (mean Cobb angle, 19°) and 20 girls aged 13 to 17 years (mean age 15) with right-thoracic curve (mean Cobb angle, ...for left thoracic AIS and right ...
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