In current European and American revascularization guidelines, RA grafts are now strongly endorsed as the second conduit for CABG based on easy harvesting and relative greater patency over time, among ...

The breastbone is often split to access the heart. Using a vein from the patient's arm, leg, or chest (the left internal thoracic artery in the chest works best), the surgeon "bypasses" the ...

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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle in improving the first-attempt success rate of radial artery cannulation among anesthesiology residents ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart ... at the level of the twelfth thoracic vertebra (a spot in the upper abdomen). From there, it travels downward, ...

What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

A company’s internal communication strategy is the foundation of such connection and a crucial contributor to employee retention. As the Great Resignation has settled, employers are now dealing ...

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR ... or sandwich techniques) into a renal or visceral artery (proximal aortic zones 6–8 and distal aortic zones 9–11) and extent I to III TAAAs (proximal ...

Keywords: Coronary Artery Bypass; Aortic Dissection; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Thoracic Aorta; Aortic Dissection The ... Left anterior descending artery (LAD) was grafted with skeletonized left ...

Commonly, CABG requires autologous bypass grafts such as the internal thoracic artery, the great saphenous vein, and the radial artery. Their availability is restricted due to multivascular diseases, ...

Specifically, they measured the ascending and descending aortas “at the level of the right pulmonary artery.” Recent practice favors ... Second, the authors include both thoracic and abdominal ...