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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 1029-1030, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Lung cancer and the left internal mammary artery graft

PS Greene and RF Heitmiller
Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.

A patient with a left upper lobe non-small cell lung cancer involving a previous left internal mammary artery graft is presented to highlight the potential complications associated with resective lung operations in these patients. If left internal mammary artery involvement by tumor is suspected, coronary and left internal mammary artery catheterization should be added to the standard non-small cell lung cancer staging evaluation before considering surgical resection.

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