The mammary loop: how to do an adjustable "Y" graft with the left internal thoracic artery.
We present a technique that permits the grafting of two vessels with the left internal thoracic artery when a sequential graft cannot be performed. The left internal mammary artery is anastomosed to itself resulting in a loop that will be cut open at the time of the coronary anastomosis.
Stoica
Lucian
L
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France. l.stoica@voila.fr
Chocron
Sidney
S
Falcoz
Pierre-Emmanuel
PE
Kaili
Djamel
D
Etievent
Joseph-Philippe
JP
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation*