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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;23:137-138
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Bilateral harvesting of internal thoracic artery for coronary bypass: augmenting the risk for postoperative airway obstruction?

Barts Hospital, London, UK

Received 20 August 2002; received in revised form 20 August 2002; accepted 17 October 2002.

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Key Words: Complication • Coronary bypass • Internal mammary artery • Internal thoracic artery • Outcome • Vocal cord paralysis

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You published two interesting papers on iatrogenic vocal cord dysfunction, recently by Hamdan et al. [1] and previously by Shafei et al. [2]. In the era of total arterial coronary revascularisation, another relevant pathological mechanism springs to mind:

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