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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1029
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Alfred J. Tector, MD, MS

Midwest Heart Surgery Institute, 2901 W Kinnickinnic River Parkway, Suite 511, Milwaukee, WI 53215

(Email: tector@execpc.com).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting (BITA) to the left anterior descending and circumflex coronary arteries offers the best long-term survival (after 10 years) and the lowest rates of reintervention in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. The best graft for the right coronary artery in patients with three-vessel disease has not been confirmed. The right gastroepiploic artery (GEA), the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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