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Structure of internal thoracic artery

Known as: Mammary Arteries, Internal, Arteria thoracica interna, Thoracic Arteries, Internal 
The blood vessel that supplies the breast and the anterior chest wall with arterial blood. It is located in the chest wall.
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Broader (4)

ArteriesMammary ArteriesStructure of subclavian arteryThoracic Arteries
Body partCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location TerminologyCDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

Narrower (8)

Left internal thoracic arteryRight internal thoracic arteryStructure of bronchial branch of internal thoracic arteryStructure of intercostal branch of internal thoracic artery

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Superoxide production, risk factors, and endothelium-dependent relaxations in human internal mammary arteries.
BACKGROUND In a variety of disease states, endothelium-dependent vasodilation is abnormal. Reduced nitric oxide (NO) production… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Intracoronary shunt prevents left ventricular function impairment during beating heart coronary revascularization.
Review
1996
Review
1996
Expanding indications for pediatric coronary artery bypass.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Effects of intraoperative plasmapheresis on blood loss in cardiac surgery.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Comparison of coronary hemodynamics in patients with internal mammary artery and saphenous vein coronary artery bypass grafts: a noninvasive approach using combined two-dimensional and Doppler…
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of stenotic coronary artery bypass grafts: 5 years' experience.
Review
1980
Review
1980
Isolated Left Anterior Descending Coronary Atherosclerosis: Long‐term Comparison of Internal Mammary Artery and Venous Autografts
A consecutive series of 100 patients receiving left internal mammary artery grafts and a consecutive series of 100 patients… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Internal mammary artery bypass graft--long-term patency rate and follow-up.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Selective revascularization of the myocardium by internal-mammary-artery implant.
IN 1946 Vineberg1 reported that implantation of the internal mammary artery into the anterior wall of the left ventricular… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Myocardial revascularization by Vineberg's internal mammary artery implant. Evaluation of postoperative results.
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