A new study comparing multiple and single arterial grafting highlights how physician preference can bias observational data.

Aside from the axillary artery, the subclavian arteries branch into the internal thoracic artery, vertebral artery, costocervical trunk, thyrocervical trunk, and dorsal scapular artery. There are two ...

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1 Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department ... In a prospective study (Wang et al.), lateral wall regional constructive work (CW) and septal wasted work (WW) were identified as ...

Currently, OPCAB accounts for approximately 20% to 25% of coronary artery bypass cases in the United States and ... especially when grafting the lateral wall. For certain subgroups of patients, such ...