Coronary Artery Bypass Graft procedure sternotomy
This is a photograph of a coronary artery bypass graft procedure This shows the sternotomy and the internal mammary artery being harvested The internal mammary artery is a blood vessel located on the inside of the chest cavity It is an artery not a vein and thus it carries red blood under the same blood pressure as that seen in the aorta or the coronary arteries themselves There is one internal mammary artery on each side of the breastbone
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