Skeletonization does not influence internal thoracic artery innervation

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 1257 - 1261
• Main Authors: Gaudino, Mario, Toesca, Amelia, Glieca, Franco, Girola, Fabiana, Luciani, Nicola, Possati, Gianfederico
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.2004; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Aged; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Bypass - methods; Female; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Male; Mammary Arteries - chemistry; Mammary Arteries - innervation; Mammary Arteries - transplantation; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neurofilament Proteins - analysis; Pneumology; S100 Proteins - analysis; Tissue and Organ Harvesting - methods; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase - analysis; Vasomotor System - drug effects; Vasomotor System - physiology; 23; Anesthesia; Circulatory system; Internal mammary artery; Cardiology; Innervation

This study was designed to compare the effect of surgical harvesting on internal thoracic artery innervation and to assess the eventual presence of denervation supersensitivity in skeletonized grafts. Nineteen patients who underwent primary isolated coronary artery bypass grafting were randomly assi...