We like to use the internal mammary artery, or internal thoracic artery, which is on the left side of the sternum. And the reason that we like to use that artery is that it stays open longer than ...

1 and Kitchell, Glover and Kyle. 2 However, definitely increased coronary flow after bilateral internal-mammary-artery ligation has not been shown. Furthermore, this procedure does not afford ...

Bilateral internal-mammary-artery ligation was done on April 29, 1957. Anginal pain with exertion continued postoperatively. Esophageal regurgitation ceased and had not recurred in the 5 months ...

During the episode, Still discusses the unique procedure of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB). This innovative approach entails robotic harvest of the internal mammary ...

TORONTO, ON — Survival is improved when the right internal mammary artery (RIMA) rather than the radial artery (RA) is used as the second conduit when performing CABG for multivessel disease ...

The classic CABG approach typically entails a left internal-thoracic (mammary) artery to the left anterior descending artery, with saphenous-vein or radial-artery grafts used to bypass other vessels.

Dr Varshney told TOI that in medicine the technique is called as LIMA-RIMA-Y (Left Internal Mammary Artery- Right Internal Mammary Artery, Y for the shape of graft in which the two arteries are ...