Lateral Costal Artery: Clinical Importance of an Accessory Thoracic Artery

Abstract The lateral costal artery has sometimes been identified as the culprit for the "steal phenomenon" after coronary artery bypass grafting, besides being occasionally used for myocardial revascularization. Its branches make anastomoses with the internal thoracic artery through latera...

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Main Authors: Ünsal Vural, Ahmet Arif Aglar, Sinan Sahin, Mehmet Kizilay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382018000600626&lng=en&tlng=en