title: Reply to Gomes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan kinotake@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp kinotakekinotake@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Coronary artery bypass surgery; Histology; Internal thoracic artery