The mammary loop: how to do an adjustable "Y" graft with the left internal thoracic artery.

Stoica, Lucian; Chocron, Sidney; Falcoz, Pierre-Emmanuel; Kaili, Djamel; Etievent, Joseph-Philippe · Ann Thorac Surg · 2004

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Abstract

We present a technique that permits the grafting of two vessels with the left internal thoracic artery when a sequential graft cannot be performed. The left internal mammary artery is anastomosed to itself resulting in a loop that will be cut open at the time of the coronary anastomosis.

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