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The internal thoracic artery (ITA), also known as the internal mammary artery, is an artery that supplies the anterior chest wall and the breasts. [1] It is a paired artery, with one running along each side of the sternum , to continue after its bifurcation as the superior epigastric and musculophrenic arteries .
Most commonly, the left internal thoracic artery (LITA; formerly, left internal mammary artery, LIMA) is anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) because the LAD is the most significant artery of the heart and supplies blood to a larger portion of myocardium than other arteries. [21]
MICS CABG allows utilization of the left internal mammary artery (IMA; aka left internal thoracic artery, left ITA) to bypass the left anterior descending artery (LAD), which is termed as left IMA-LAD, as a preferable anastomosis whenever indicated and technically feasible (Loop et al.) and has been proven to benefit in event free survival ...
Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB), or beating-heart surgery, is a form of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed without cardiopulmonary bypass (heart-lung machine) as a treatment for coronary heart disease. It was primarily developed in the early 1990s by Dr. Amano Atsushi.
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Mammary artery may refer to: the internal thoracic artery (previously known as the internal mammary artery) The internal thoracic artery is commonly chosen as a graft artery during coronary artery bypass graft surgery. the lateral thoracic artery (previously known as the external mammary artery
[27] [28] A left parasternal approach begins 3 to 5 cm left of the sternum to avoid the left internal mammary artery, in the 5th intercostal space. [29] Often, a cannula is left in place during resuscitation following initial drainage so that the procedure can be performed again if the need arises.
(There is another artery that is called external mammary artery). Mammary signifies that it mostly supplies mammaries, mammaries are the breasts we have. So the artery that runs parallel and somewhat left to our sternum, inside of the ribs, is called left internal mammary artery or LIMA. There is another one in the right side, it is called Righ ...