Medical Transcription Word Board archived thread

Anonymous
look okay?
Wed Aug 25, 2004 13:42

Pt underwent four-vessel coronary bypass grafting receiving a LIMA to the LAD and three saphenous veins, the first vein going to a diagonal, the second vein going to an obtuse marginal, and the third vein to a posterior descending.

N. Emmer
OK as is. sm
Wed Aug 25, 2004 14:04

Being picky, on the 3 vessels named at the end of the sentence, I'd probably type "the" instead of "a" because there's only one of each of them per heart. Just a technicality though. As you put it is fine.