SKELETONIZED RIGHT GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY USED FOR CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING

Authors
GAGLIARDOTTO P COSTE P LAZREG M DOR V
Citation
P. Gagliardotto et al., SKELETONIZED RIGHT GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY USED FOR CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 66(1), 1998, pp. 240-242
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
66
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
240 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)66:1<240:SRGAUF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The right gastroepiploic artery has been definitively recognized as a reliable conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting with excellent cl inical results and midterm patency, Our experience with internal thora cic artery skeletonization and the similarities between the gastroepip loic and internal thoracic arteries prompted us to modify the gastroep iploic artery harvesting technique. The purpose of this report is to p resent the advantages of the skeletonized gastroepiploic artery graft. (Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:240-2). (C) 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.