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Internal Thoracic Artery T-Grafting: Operative Technique and Long-Term Results

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  1. Midwest Heart Surgery Institute, Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    A. J. Tector MD, MS

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  1. Oregon Health and Science University, USA

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  2. Cardiovascular Research, Albert Starr Academic Center for Cardiac Surgery, Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  3. Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, China

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  4. Wuhan Heart Institute, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, China

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  5. Cardiovascular Surgical Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  6. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

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Tector, A.J. (2006). Internal Thoracic Artery T-Grafting: Operative Technique and Long-Term Results. In: He, GW. (eds) Arterial Grafting for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30084-8_33

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