The Use of Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting in Different Degrees of Obesity.

Conclusion Patients with obesity can benefit from BIMA grafting. However, postoperative blood loss and the incidence of pneumothorax can be higher using this technique. PMID: 28110487 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - January 21, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Hegazy YY, Hassanein W, Ennker J, Keshk N, Bauer S, Sodian R Tags: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research