TY - BOOK AU - Tamer Sayed Mahmoud Attia AU - Mohamed Saad Hagras , AU - Samir Abdalla Hassan , AU - Soliman Abdelhay , TI - Radial artery versus free right internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass surgery / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Tamer Sayed Mahmoud Attia , KW - Multiple arterial revascularization KW - Radial artery KW - Right internal thoracic (mammary artery) artery N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - The left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to left anterior descending artery (LAD) graft has become the standard of care in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) after its long - term survival benefit has been demonstrated . The right internal thoracic artery (RITA) has characteristics similar to the LIMA . However , widespread utilization of the right internal thoracic artery (RITA) grafting was limited by its reduced length, that limited its use as an in - situ graft ER -