title: Internal thoracic vein: friend or foe?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roubelakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karangelis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ohri
keywords: coronary artery bypass; graft elongation; revascularization