[HSF] Another Victory for the LAD Stent.....

[Hgrmd at aol.com]

Don,
  For once I agree with you.  It's a little distressing the way  the majority 
of us continue to rely on the saphenous vein, when arterial  conduits are 
available to those willing to work a little longer and  harder.  My PA's harvest 
radials endoscopically through a stab wound at the  wrist.  We've yet to see 
an ischemic problem, because we carefully screen  pre- and intraoperatively for 
inadequate ulnar or palmar arch flow.  I  asked one of my junior associates 
why he basically only used the LIMA and  veins.  He sheepishly admitted that 
the increased time and effort was a  major factor in his decision.
 
Hal



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