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What can doppler wave form of the left internal thoracic artery teach doctors?

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Dr. Nassir Azimi answered

Specializes in Interventional Cardiology

Patency: It is a nice non invasive way of establishing latency of the vessel and suitability as bypass conduit short of invasive angiographic evaluation.

Answered 4/8/2015

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Flow: This is not a commonly used technique, but it can show flow and patency of the vessel.

Answered 3/12/2019

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