The internal thoracic artery skeletonization study: A paired, within-patient comparison [NCT00265499]

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Traditional harvesting of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) for use as a conduit in coronary bypass surgery involves the dissection of a rim of tissue surrounding the artery on either side. Recent studies, primarily observational, h...

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Main Authors: Boodhwani Munir, Nathan Howard J, Lam B Khanh, Rubens Fraser D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-01-01
Series:Trials
Online Access:http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/7/1/1