Gastroepiploic artery harvesting for CABG

The superiority of arterial grafts for myocardial revascularization led surgeons to commonly use both internal thoracic artery and increasingly frequent use the gastroepiploic artery (GEA) to reach coronary arteries on the inferior ventricular wall. Other advantage of this conduit is that it is a pedicled graft, allowing avoidance of manipulation of the aorta (no reimplantation and lateral aortic cross clamping), using an OPCAB technique (see video: It is harvest