Abstract
With increase in long term survival after coronary artery bypass surgery and Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) patency reaching up to 96% at 15 years, re-sternotomy for repeat cardiac surgery in the presence of a patent LIMA is not unusual [1]. Today, decades after the introduction of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) as a routine procedure in many medical centres, 1 in every 5 to 7 patients who have undergone one CABG may need a reoperation [2].
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