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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistr 100, 8091, Zurich Switzerland

(Email: andre.plass@usz.ch).

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Shimokawa and colleagues [1] present a follow-up study of a technique for left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) reconstruction using the internal thoracic artery (ITA). In this article, the diameter changes in different parts of the LAD and grafted (ITA) for the short-term and the long-term (ie, at 1 year) follow-up after use of this technique were assessed.

The authors demonstrate changes in the lumina of coronary arteries after 12 months and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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