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Figure 6b.  Preoperative assessment for aortic valve replacement in a 72-year-old man who had undergone CABG. Sequential coronal volume-rendered images show relationship of the sternum to the LIMA (arrow) and saphenous vein (arrowhead in b) grafts. The position of the LIMA graft lateral to the sternum makes sternal reentry uncomplicated.