Arteries, not veins, should be used when performing CABG, according to a new clinical practice guideline from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The preferred conduit for CABG is the left internal ...

To the Editor: In an interim analysis of the Arterial Revascularization Trial (ART) at 5 years (Dec. 29 issue), 1 Taggart et al. found no significant differences in clinical outcomes between patients ...

September 8, 2011 (Paris, France) — The right internal thoracic artery (RITA) is a better vessel to use than the radial artery (RA) for multiple arterial revascularizations during coronary artery ...

A team of McMaster researchers has discovered that fat tissue surrounding thoracic arteries may be beneficial in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. A study led by Yu-Jing Gao, of the ...

A team of McMaster researchers has discovered that fat tissue surrounding thoracic arteries may be beneficial in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. A team of McMaster researchers has ...

New clinical practice guidelines have been released that recommend expanding the use of arteries from the chest and forearm rather than using veins from the leg when performing coronary artery bypass ...

Patient survival after CABG with bilateral internal thoracic artery (ITA) grafting is partially dependent on the proportion of myocardial mass supplied by the selected target vessels, according to a ...

In performing open arch replacement, surgeons at our center and others currently prefer to reattach the individual brachiocephalic branches separately, rather than reattaching a single island of ...

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a rare condition that occurs when blood vessels or nerves become compressed in the space between the collarbone and the first rib (thoracic outlet). There are three ...

The spine in the upper back and abdomen is known as the thoracic spine. It is one of the three major sections of the spinal column. The thoracic spine sits between the cervical spine in the neck and ...