Should the diabetics have the internal thoracic artery skeletonized? Assessment of sternal perfusion by scintillography
Edmilson Cardoso dos Santos FilhoI; Fernando Ribeiro de Moraes NetoII; Ricardo Augusto Machado e SilvaIII; Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de MoraesIV
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382009000200011
1. Master's Degree in Surgery at the Federal University of Pernambuco; Cardiovascular Surgeon of the Heart Institute of Pernambuco; Substitute Professor of the Surgery Department of the Health Sciences Center - Federal University of Pernambuco.
2. Full Professor at the Paulista Medical School; Cardiovascular Surgeon of the Heart Institute of Pernambuco; Adjunct Professor of the Surgery Department of the Health Sciences Center - Federal University of Pernambuco.
3. Residency in Nuclear Medicine at the Federal University of Campinas; Nuclear Physician of the Cardiac Emergency Room of Pernambuco (PROCAPE); Nuclear Physician of the Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology Institute of Recife (CERPE) - Real Hospital Português de Beneficência of Pernambuco.
4. Titular Professor of the Thoracic Surgery Discipline at the Federal University of Pernambuco; Head Surgeon.
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