The road to complete arterial grafting for coronary artery disease

In 1984, our department moved to the use of single, and subsequently, bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting which, when reviewed after 12 years, suggest the addition of a second internal thoracic artery is beneficial. The 10-year survival using all-cause mortality was 86.9% for bilateral inter...

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Published in:International journal of cardiology 1997-12, Vol.62, p.S65-S70
Main Authors: Buxton, B, Gaer, J, Komeda, M, Ruengsakulrach, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Coronary Artery Bypass - adverse effects
Coronary Artery Bypass - methods
Coronary Artery Bypass - mortality
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Coronary Artery Disease - classification
Coronary Disease - surgery
Female
Humans
Internal thoracic artery
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Radial artery
Radial Artery - transplantation
Regression Analysis
Reoperation
Saphenous vein
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
Survival Rate
Thoracic Arteries - transplantation
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Summary:In 1984, our department moved to the use of single, and subsequently, bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting which, when reviewed after 12 years, suggest the addition of a second internal thoracic artery is beneficial. The 10-year survival using all-cause mortality was 86.9% for bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting compared with 74.2% for the use of a single internal thoracic artery graft. The mortality rate ratio for single versus bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts was 1.4 (P=0.009). In 1995, we entered an era of total arterial grafting using combinations of radial and internal thoracic arteries. There have been no additional early complications in the first 2 years, furthermore the early results show that the postoperative creatinine kinase MB isoenzyme and the myocardial infarction rates were lower in patients receiving at least one radial artery graft compared with those not receiving a radial artery graft. Continued use of internal thoracic and radial arteries to achieve complete arterial revascularisation for patients with coronary artery disease appears justified.
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/S0167-5273(97)00215-5