Calafiore, AM, Giammarco, GD, Teodori, G, et al. Left anterior descending coronary artery grafting via left anterior small thoracotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1658-1663 ...

Dr. Thoralf Sundt answers the question: 'Bypass -- Vessels From Legs Or Chest?' — -- Question: How does a surgeon decide whether to use veins from the legs or arteries from the chest to do ...

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) grafting is performed via small, left anterolateral thoracotomy. The left internal mammary artery was grafted to the left anterior descending ...

Several studies have compared outcomes for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG ... the presence or absence of involvement of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The rates of adverse ...

Bypass operation is done under general ... One of the branches of the left main artery called as the "Left anterior descending" artery is usually grafted with an artery called "Left Internal ...

Patients in the revascularization group (coronary artery bypass graft or percutaneous ... in patients with an isolated proximal left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis" J Am Coll Cardiol ...

in conjunction with an aneurysm of the left anterior descending artery. Management Surgical closure of the fistula using normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. A 27-year-old woman was admitted to ...

Cardiac MRI and coronary angiography showed that the left anterior descending (LAD) artery was 'tunneled' from its origin to the junction of the middle and lower segments, causing systolic ...

They are the left anterior descending artery, left circumflex artery and ... patients who need treatment for the same, either using bypass surgery or angioplasty (stenting). The grafting site ...