Fasudil Is a Superior Vasodilator for the Internal Thoracic Artery in Coronary Surgery Go Watanabe, MD, PhD, Yukihiro Noda, MD, PhD, Takeshi Takagi, MD, PhD, Shigeyuki Tomita, MD, PhD, Shojiro Yamaguchi, MD, PhD, Ryuta Kiuchi, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages 543-547 (August 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.039 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Change in graft free flow (GFF; mL/minute) of left internal thoracic artery (ITA) graft before and after treatment with fasudil, △, or papaverine, ●. (NS = not significant.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 543-547DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.039) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Histopathologic findings of left internal thoracic artery (ITA) specimen before fasudil injection and (B) after fasudil injection. The diameter of the ITA increases markedly after fasudil infection. Elastica van Gieson staining. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 543-547DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.039) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions