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Not to mention the millions of people who don’t have a radical artery because it has been harvested to use as a coronary artery for coronary artery bypass graft
by robbiep 9y ago
Not to mention the millions of people who don’t have a radical artery because it has been harvested to use as a coronary artery for coronary artery bypass grafts
- et2o 9y agoNowadays they usually use the internal mammary artery. But if they did harvest the RA I don't think it would be possible to inject, let alone spasm :)
- robbiep 9y agoThat’s entirely dependent on anatomy, and if you need more than 2 grafts you will almost always take a radial, which is particularly common given the high and increasing rates of diabetes in CABG patients, which produces diffuse disease VS couple primary site blockages. Saphenous vein also a common target