Feasibility and suitability of the routine use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 511-515

  Hirotani, Takashi ^a   Shirota, Shogo ^a   Cho, Yasunori ^a   Takeuchi, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036159295     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03508-1     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Two internal thoracic artery grafts are better than one
2. Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting may improve outcome of coronary artery surgery: Risk-adjusted survival
3. Single versus bilateral internal mammary artery grafts: 10-year outcome analysis
4. Does bilateral internal mammary artery grafting increase surgical risk?
5. Bilateral mammary artery grafting: Avoidance of complications with extended use
6. Sternal wound infections and use of internal mammary artery grafts
7. Influence of diabetes on 5-year mortality and morbidity in a randomized trial comparing CABG and PTCA in patients with multivessel disease. The bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation (BARI)
8. Coronary-coronary bypass using the internal thoracic artery: A sparing procedure of the arterial conduit
9. Coronary bypass graft fate: Angiographic grading of 1400 consecutive grafts early after operation and of 1132 after one year
10. A technique of anastomosis of the right internal mammary artery to the circumflex artery and its branches
11. The internal mammary artery bypass graft: Use of the IMA in the aorta-to-coronary artery position
12. Sternal blood flow during mobilization of the internal thoracic arteries
13. Assessment of sternal vascularity with single photon emission computed tomography after harvesting of the internal thoracic artery
14. A new technique for closing a disrupted sternum