Editorial Comment: The right coronary artery: which graft and how to use it?
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Editorial comment: The right coronary artery: which graft and how to use it?
right mammary through the transverse sinus to the first marginal. For the right coronary system, we used the gastroepiploic artery targeted to the PDA. Today, because of the off-pump technique, we perform a lot of Y composite grafting with two mammaries. It all depends on the location of the marginal that we have to graft on the lateral wall of the heart. So, for example, if we have to graft on...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1010-7940,1873-734X
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr308