Intraoperative detection of embedded coronary arteries in MIDCAB using a color Doppler microprobe Katsushi Oda, MD, Kunihiko Hirose, MD, Takashi Fukutomi, MD, Toshiyuki Yamashiro, MD, Shohei Ogoshi, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 68, Issue 1, Pages 263-264 (July 1999) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00336-7
Fig 1 Intraoperative ultrasonography using the color Doppler microprobe in MIDCAB. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 263-264DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00336-7)
Fig 2 Left; Color Doppler image of the LAD showing a septal branch coming out from the LAD. Right; a schematic drawing The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 263-264DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00336-7)
Fig 3 Left; Color Doppler image of an ungraftable LAD. After dissection of overriding fat tissue, it was still embedded deeply in the myocardium. Right; a schematic drawing The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 263-264DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00336-7)