Assessment of compromised parasternal skin perfusion after left internal mammary artery harvesting with a novel laser doppler imaging.

CONCLUSIONS: Measurement of parasternal skin perfusion using Laser Doppler Imaging is feasible. Both harvesting techniques resulted in a reduced parasternal/sternal skin perfusion upon removal of the internal mammary artery. PMID: 31599142 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - October 3, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Shahinian JH, Cogliatti L, Gahl B, Berdajs D, Grapow M, Eckstein F, Reuthebuch O Tags: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) Source Type: research