ABSTRACT Introduction: The internal thoracic artery is commonly used as a graft in coronary artery bypass grafting. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether papaverine prevents vasoconstriction ...

Background: Since 2000, we have been grafting the right coronary artery system (RCAs) using the proximal portion of the right internal thoracic artery (RITA) as the inflow of the saphenous vein graft ...

There remains uncertainty regarding the second‐best conduit after the internal thoracic artery in coronary artery bypass grafting. Few studies directly compared the clinical results of the radial ...

The internal thoracic artery (ITA) is the most important conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting. Recent evidence suggests that skeletonized ITA harvesting yields long‐term outcomes inferior to ...

The internal thoracic artery (ITA) is the preferred conduit for surgical coronary artery revascularization because of superior long-term patency rates and observational evidence of improved long-term ...

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 ...

The RAPCO-RITA trial showed that a radial artery bypass graft improves adverse cardiovascular outcomes compared with a right internal thoracic artery bypass graft. Patients undergoing CABG were ...

Purpose: To compare the blood flow in the internal thoracic artery when dissected endoscopically in a conventional manner, in addition to develop a reliable experimental training model for the ...

Coronary revascularization with a bilateral internal thoracic artery (ITA) approach was found to increase the risk for post-operative acute lower limb ischemia in patients with peripheral artery ...