title: Left internal thoracic artery harvesting: measurement of the length required for coronary bypass surgery.
abstract: The left internal thoracic artery (LITA) is used routinely for coronary bypass surgery. A simple technique for assessing, prior to harvesting, the length of LITA required for an individual bypass of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic. gwozdziewicz@email.cz
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gwozdziewicz
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing