Deep circumflex iliac artery as a free arterial graft for myocardial revascularization Gen-ya Yaginuma, MD, Masahiro Sakurai, MD, Taiichiro Meguro, MD, Katsuya Ota, MD, Kazuo Abe, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 2, Pages 641-642 (February 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01352-1
Fig 1 The deep circumflex iliac artery (DCIA) is a vessel arising from the lateral surface of the external iliac artery (EIA) just above the inguinal ligament. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 641-642DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01352-1)
Fig 2 The DCIA in a fibrous tunnel formed by the line of attachment of the transversalis fascia and iliacus fascia can be harvested easily in a short time. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 641-642DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01352-1)
Fig 3 The angiography at 1 month after the operation showed that the DCIA graft was anastomosed to the ITA, end-to-side, as the side arm of the composite graft. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 641-642DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01352-1)