Figure 1.
Schematic illustration of the left-to-right carotid artery grafting. A segment of the left carotid artery is harvested and implanted into the right carotid artery via end-to end anastomosis. “A” & “C”, markers on the graft; “B”, cut off and anastomosis sites; “inner” and “outer” indicate the inner curve and outer curve sides of the curved vessel, respectively.