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How do they stitch the small arteries in coronary artery bypass surgery?
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Immobilize/Magnify: Surgeons use magnifying glasses to a enlarge the coronaries that are very small. The coronaries are immobilized using either a special device (beating heart surgery) or stopping the heart altogether (on bypass).
Answered 8/25/2011
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8-0: With 8-0 polypropilene on a 130-150 micron needle.
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