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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1431-1432
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Intraoperative "direct" LIMA angiography for beating heart operations

Mohammad Bashar Izzat, FRCS(CTh)a, M. Hazem El-Zufari, MDa, Anthony P.C. Yim, MDa

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Accepted for publication May 29, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Prof Izzat, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
e-mail: (izzat{at}cuhk.edu.hk)

The importance of the angiographic assessment of coronary bypass grafts performed on the beating heart has been recognized. We describe a simple technique for intraoperative angiography of left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending coronary artery grafts that does not require selective left internal mammary artery catheterization. This method allows immediate appraisal of the graft, hence enabling the surgeon to revise any graft or anastomosis abnormality immediately and to verify optimal results of beating heart operations.




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