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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 44, 665-666, Copyright © 1987 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pericardial flap to minimize internal mammary artery anastomotic tension

EP Todd, GF Earle, R Jaggers and M Sekela
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40536.

A technique is described that decreases tension on the left internal mammary artery anastomosis in patients whose lungs have herniated across the midline.

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