SynthesisJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2021
All we need to know about internal thoracic artery harvesting and preparation for myocardial revascularization: a systematic review.
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- Pulmonary resection post-coronary artery bypass grafting: Feasible, but right-sided procedures demand caution.JTCVS open · 2026Article
- Rolled amniotic membrane for practical vascular graft development: a scoping review.Human cell · 2026Article
- Zero-Heat Internal Thoracic Artery Harvesting Using Water Jet: An Experimental Study.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2026Article
- Safety and efficacy of water jet technology for internal thoracic artery harvesting in coronary artery bypass grafting: Initial results.JTCVS techniques · 2026Article
- Sternum-sparing technique for salvage of an injured left internal mammary artery during minimally invasive coronary bypass.Cardiology journal · 2026Article
- Comparison of conventional and modified carbo-dissection techniques for LIMA harvesting in CABG.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025Article
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- Intra-operative and post-operative management of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: a clinical consensus statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Coronary Task Force.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2024Review
- Two Decades of CABG in the UK: A Propensity Matched Analysis of Outcomes by Conduit Choice.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass: 10-year outcomes.Annals of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Decision making of iatrogenic coronary embolism after SAVR: a case report.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Blood flow characteristics of the bilateral internal thoracic artery: implications of optimal graft configuration for coronary artery bypass grafting to maximize blood supply.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2023Article
- Conduits and Strategies for Arterial Revascularization in CABG.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Assessment of the Graft Quality and Patency during and after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Minimally invasive left internal mammary artery harvesting techniques during the learning curve are safe and achieve similar results as conventional LIMA harvesting techniques.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
Internal thoracic arteries (ITAs) are the gold standard conduits for coronary revascularization because of their long-term patency and anti-atherosclerotic properties. Harvesting and preparation of ITAs for revascularization is a technically demanding procedure with multiple challenges. Over the last few decades, various methods and techniques for ITAs harvesting have been introduced by different surgeons and applied in clinical practice with different results. Harvesting of ITAs in pedicled or skeletonized fashion, with electrocautery or harmonic scalpel, with open or intact pleura, with clipping the end or keeping it perfused; papaverine delivery with intraluminal injection, perivascular injection, injecting into endothoracic fascia, and papaverine topical spray are the different techniques introduced by the number of researchers. At the same time, access to the ITAs for harvesting has also been studied. Access and harvesting through median sternotomy, mini anterolateral thoracotomy, thoracoscopic, and robotic-assisted harvesting of ITAs are the different techniques used in clinical practice. However, the single standard method for harvesting and preparation of ITAs has yet to be determined. In this review article, we aimed to discuss and analyze all these techniques of harvesting and preparing ITAs with the help of literature to find the best way for ITAs harvesting and preparation for myocardial revascularization.
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