Abstract:Depending on the size and location of the tumor, a patent left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) can be technically intimidating to a thoracic surgeon hoping for an R0 resection with a left upper lobectomy. Dr Wei and colleagues 1 at the University of Alabama are to be congratulated for their description and excellent results on successfully completing anatomic lung cancer resections of the left upper lobe in 28 patients who previously underwent CABG with LITA grafts. In fa… Show more
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