Technique for Reoperative Median Sternotomy in the Presence of a Patent Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Elami ◽  
Hillel Laks ◽  
Gideon Merin
Keyword(s):  
Internal Mammary Artery ◽  
Left Internal Mammary Artery ◽  
Median Sternotomy ◽  
Artery Graft ◽  
Internal Mammary Artery Graft ◽  
Internal Mammary

Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft Retransplantation from the Recipient to the Donor Heart: A Case Report

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Author(s):  
Andras Kollar ◽  
Terri Donaldson ◽  
Elaine Greer ◽  
Renee Howser ◽  
Stacy F. Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Mammary Artery ◽  
Left Internal Mammary Artery ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Bypass Graft ◽  
Myocardial Revascularization ◽  
Donor Heart ◽  
Artery Graft ◽  
Internal Mammary Artery Graft ◽  
Internal Mammary ◽  
History Of

A case of heart transplantation with concomitant coronary artery bypass graft is reported. The patient was an alternate transplant list candidate with a history of bilateral below-knee amputation and 2 previous myocardial revascularization procedures. The previously used and patent left internal mammary artery graft was successfully removed and retransplanted from the recipient to the donor heart.

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