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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:523-524
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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DR RICHARD F. BRODMAN (Bronx, NY):

Your results are certainly excellent, and other arterial coronary surgeons should aim to achieve results similar to yours. I have abandoned the use of the inferior epigastric artery and prefer the radial artery as the second conduit of choice because it is longer, it is larger, and it is easier to work with than the inferior epigastric artery. There are also two radial arteries. I have chosen not to sew the radial artery to the end of the internal thoracic artery unless there is a porcelain aorta. I have sewn all but three of the 135 radial arteries that have harvested directly to the aorta. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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