Mini-sternotomy for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting Artur Lichtenberg, MD, Uwe Klima, MD, Wolfgang Harringer, MD, Peter Y Kim, MD, Axel Haverich, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 4, Pages 1276-1277 (April 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01551-9
Fig 1 Incision lines 1, 2, and 3 and anatomic relation of underlying heart. Incision 1 (L-shaped to the left) gives excellent access to the left coronary artery, as well as incision 2 (L-shaped to the right). Incision 3 (T-shaped) was used for total revascularization. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1276-1277DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01551-9)