We read with interest the paper entitled ‘Retrocaval in situ right internal mammary artery (RIMA) for distal marginal arteries grafting’ by Ramadan et al. [1] and congratulate the authors for the clear exposure of the technique, but nevertheless, we would like to add some further exactitudes. Routing of the in situ RIMA behind the superior vena cava and further into transverse sinus was introdu...

OBJECTIVES To investigate in a retrospective study the technical aspects of using the in situ bilateral internal mammary arteries (IMAs), with the right IMA (RIMA) used for revascularisation of the circumflex system, and to evaluate early and late outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 1997 and July 2003, 552 consecutive patients underwent grafting of the circumflex artery system with...

Objectives: To investigate in a retrospective study the technical aspects of using the in situ bilateral internal mammary arteries (IMAs), with the right IMA (RIMA) used for revascularisation of the circumflex system, and to evaluate early and late outcome. Materials and methods: Between January 1997 and July 2003, 552 consecutive patients underwent grafting of the circumflex artery system with...

Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) can be injected to achieve therapeutic benefit across a large range of clinical conditions. To assess the efficacy and safety of BoNT injections for the treatment of certain movement disorders, including blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, oromandibular dystonia, cervical dystonia, focal limb dystonias, laryngeal dystonia, tics, and essential tremor, an expert panel rev...

Next generation wireless networks will rely heavily on packet transport for both data and voice services. In this paper, we describe the Router for Integrated Mobile Access (RIMA) system, which is the core network element of an integrated wireless packet network. RIMA acts as a Mobile Switching Center for standard cellular telephony users, and a mobile router for wireless packet data users. RIM...

Background Universally, anastomosis of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is accepted as the gold standard in coronary artery bypass grafting. The use of the right internal mammary artery (RIMA) for grafting the LAD has recently emerged as an alternative to avoid composite configuration in multiple arterial grafting using bilateral internal mamm...

The Community of Practice GRAPAU, related to the RIMA project (http://www.upc.edu/rima), has been focusing their work on collecting activities and experiences related to Autonomous Learning and developing a decalogue of good teaching practices to improve the quality of Autonomous Learning in UPC-BARCELONATECH) degrees. This work is based on GRAPAU items that were developed in order to improve A...