Radial artery graft for the second most important coronary target was associated with lower 15-year all-cause mortality vs. right internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein graft for CABG ...

February 4, 2011 (San Diego, California) — Results from 22 years of cases by surgeons in Melbourne, Australia, suggest that more cardiac surgeons should learn how to use the right internal ...

Six years previously, he had undergone coronary-artery bypass grafting (three saphenous-vein grafts and grafting of the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending artery).

Bilateral internal thoracic artery versus single internal thoracic artery plus radial artery: A double meta-analytic approach, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 167, 1, (183-195 ...

Approximately 91% underwent complete revascularization. On average, each person got 1.0 internal thoracic artery graft, 1.2 RA grafts, and 1.4 SV grafts.

The most recent European guidelines on myocardial revascularization recommend a strategy that incorporates multiple arterial grafts in appropriately selected patients, with the additional arterial ...

We like to use the internal mammary artery, or internal thoracic artery, which is on the left side of the sternum. And the reason that we like to use that artery is that it stays open longer than ...

Patient survival after CABG with bilateral internal thoracic artery (ITA) grafting is partially dependent on the proportion of myocardial mass supplied by the selected target vessels, according to a ...

The 20-year patency rate for radial artery grafts used as a conduit in CABG is comparable to use of the left internal thoracic artery, according to a study published in the Journal of the American ...

September 8, 2011 (Paris, France) — The right internal thoracic artery (RITA) is a better vessel to use than the radial artery (RA) for multiple arterial revascularizations during coronary ...