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Figure 22

From: Coronary artery bypass grafting hemodynamics and anastomosis design: a biomedical engineering review

Figure 22

Coupled STS-ETS sequential anastomoses bypass graft design. Flow streamlines through the coupled STS-ETS sequential anastomoses bypass graft design. Part of the graft flow, which is diverted into the coronary artery at the STS anastomosis, lifts up the flow coming from the graft at the ETS anastomosis and directs it smoothly into the coronary artery; this prevents arterial bed impingement and eliminates the stagnation point and flow recirculation at the ETS anastomosis. This design provides a spare route for the blood flow to the coronary artery to avoid re-operation in case of re-stenosis in either of the anastomoses (adopted from [167] with permission).

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