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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:915-916
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Thoracodorsal artery as a free arterial graft for myocardial revascularization

Gen-ya Yaginuma, MD, PhDa, Masahiro Sakurai, MDa, Taiichiro Meguro, MDa, Katsuya Ota, MDb

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Heart Institute, Sendai Kosei Hospital, Sendai, Japan
b Department of Plastic Surgery, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagara, Japan

Accepted for publication August 23, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Yaginuma, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Heart Institute, Sendai Kosei Hospital, 4-15, Hirose-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0873, Japan

When complete arterial revascularization of coronary circulation cannot be accomplished using the internal thoracic artery and other conventionally used arterial conduits, the thoracodorsal artery may be an excellent alternative. We report the use of the thoracodorsal artery as a free arterial graft in 3 patients, describe the harvesting technique, and review the anatomy.




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