Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1428
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Original article: cardiovascular
Invited commentary
David A. Fullerton, MDa
a Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
e-mail: dfullerton@nmh.org
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Performing an aortic valve replacement in a patient with previous coronary artery bypass grafting may be particularly unpleasant in the setting of a patent internal thoracic artery bypass graft (LITA) to the left anterior descending coronary artery. Injury to the LITA during sternal reentry and dissection occurs in at least . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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