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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:567
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Reply to Kargar and Aazami

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardio-Nephro-Vascular Department, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Via Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy

Received 29 May 2006; accepted 1 June 2006.

^_* Corresponding author at: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardio-Nephro-Vascular Department, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Via Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy. Tel.: +39 0239042333; fax: +39 0239042652. (Email: m.lemma@hsacco.it; c.antona@hsacco.it).

Key Words: Composite arterial graft • CABG • Myocardial revascularization • Thoracic artery • Radial artery

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We thank Kargar and Aazami [1] for their interest in our recent article on flow dynamics and wall shear stress (WSS) in the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) [2]. In this study we show that the LITA has a marked adaptability to flow dynamics with a clear propension to adequate WSS and cross-sectional area to flow requirements. Two modifications take place into proximal LITA used as a composite Y-graft: (1) a ‘passive’ increase in blood flow . . . [Full Text of this Article]