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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:1325. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.102
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Flow Competition in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Exclusive Arterial Conduits and Clinical Trial

Xiao-shi Qi, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mt. Prospect Medical Center, 1940 S. Carboy Rd, Mt Prospect, IL 60056

(Email: xiaoshiqi.md@gmail.com).

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To the Editor:

Azmoun and his colleagues deserve to be congratulated for their recent publication regarding exclusive internal thoracic arteries (ITA) as grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) under normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass [1]. The description of this intriguing and elegant surgical technique is one more report on this topic from Jegaden and colleagues [2], who were first reporters from France in 1994. This technique was reported from the US as early as the 1980s [3, 4].

However, some parts of this presentation are questionable. The flow competition, by their statement, is the main culprit. It is true some flow competition exists with this technique, but competitive flow . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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