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Severe vasospasm in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: A difficult clinical problem Pankaj Saxena, MCh, DNB, Igor E. Konstantinov, MD, PhD, Mark A.J. Newman, FRACS The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 134, Issue 5, Pages 1380-1381 (November 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.023 Copyright © 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Severe vasospasm involving LITA and LAD, including the anastomotic area (A). Result of stent placement across the anastomosis (B). Source: Saxena P, Konstantinov IK, Singh T, Koniuszko MD, Newman MAJ. Persistent severe vasospasm in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: the value of intraluminal stenting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006;131:237-8. Reproduced with permission of Elsevier Inc. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2007 134, 1380-1381DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.023) Copyright © 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions