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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 44, 424-424, Copyright © 1987 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pericardial incision for internal mammary artery coronary bypass

JB Flege Jr
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH.

A pericardial incision is described that allows internal mammary artery grafts to reach their destination without angulating around a cut edge of pericardium and leaves a pericardial flap for covering bypass grafts anterior to the heart.

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