Extrapleural harvesting of the internal thoracic artery – impact on early postoperative results and pulmonary function

Extrapleural harvesting of the internal thoracic artery – impact on early postoperative results and pulmonary function

Introduction: The internal thoracic artery (ITA) has proven to be the best graft for surgical myocardial revascularization, especially in the configuration left ITA (LITA) to the anterior descending branch of left coronary artery (LAD). Its harvesting is usually accompanied by pleurotomy, followed b...

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Main Authors: Dimitar Kyuchukov, Stanislava Stoycheva, Gencho Nachev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-06-01
Series:Folia Medica
Online Access:https://foliamedica.bg/article/83775/download/pdf/

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