Long-Term Results of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting in Dialysis Patients

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 83; no. 5; pp. 1666 - 1671
• Main Authors: Kai, Masashi, MD, Okabayashi, Hitoshi, MD, PhD, Hanyu, Michiya, MD, PhD, Soga, Yoshiharu, MD, PhD, Nomoto, Takuya, MD, PhD, Nakano, Jota, MD, Matsuo, Takehiko, MD, Umehara, Eitaro, MD, Kawato, Masahide, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Aged; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Coronary Stenosis - complications; Coronary Stenosis - surgery; Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management; Female; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis - methods; Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Renal Dialysis; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Surgery of the respiratory system; Treatment Outcome; 23; Human; Prognosis; Respiratory disease; Hemodialysis; Bilateral; Thorax; Long term; Extrarenal dialysis; Treatment; Aortocoronary; Bypass; Surgery; Internal mammary artery

Background We evaluated the perioperative and long-term results of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in dialysis patients. Methods One hundred one consecutive patients on chronic dialysis who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting were retrospectively compared according to the...