Technical Aspects of Composite Arterial Grafting With Double Skeletonized Internal Thoracic Arteries

• Published in: Chest Vol. 123; no. 5; pp. 1348 - 1354
• Main Authors: Pevni, Dmitry, Mohr, Rephael, Lev-Ran, Oren, Paz, Yosef, Kramer, Amir, Frolkis, Inna, Shapira, Itzhak
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Northbrook, IL Elsevier Inc 01.05.2003; American College of Chest Physicians
• Subjects: Aged; Angioplasty; Biological and medical sciences; composite graft; Coronary Artery Bypass - methods; Coronary Artery Bypass - mortality; Coronary vessels; Dissection; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart surgery; Humans; internal thoracic artery; Male; Mammary Arteries - transplantation; Medical sciences; Mortality; Patients; Retrospective Studies; revascularization; skeletonized; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Surgical techniques; Survival Rate; Tissue and Organ Harvesting - methods; Vascular Patency; Veins & arteries; revascularization; RITA; OR; IABP; SVG; CI; PTCA; LITA; BITA; PDA; LAD; RCA; composite graft; skeletonized; CPB; ITA; RGEA; internal thoracic artery; CABG; MI; Human; Prognosis; Mortality; Homograft; revascularization; skeletonized; Treatment; Aortocoronary; Bypass; Surgery; composite graft; internal thoracic artery; Graft; Internal mammary artery; Technique

Complete myocardial revascularization with internal thoracic arteries (ITAs) improves long-term survival and decreases the rate of repeat operations, compared to vein grafts. Adequate length of the graft in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is essential for providing complete arterial reva...