Should the diabetics have the internal thoracic artery skeletonized? Assessment of sternal perfusion by scintillography

Edmilson Cardoso dos Santos Filho^I; Fernando Ribeiro de Moraes Neto^II; Ricardo Augusto Machado e Silva^III; Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Moraes^IV

DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382009000200011

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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. Correspondence
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