Angiographic assessment of sequential and individual coronary artery bypass grafting

Autor: Bora Farsak, Hakan Aydin, Yaman Zorlutuna, Serdar Günaydin, Kaya Süzer, Hilmi Tokmakoğlu, Cem Yorgancioglu, Özer Kandemir
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Journal of cardiac surgery. 18(6)
ISSN: 0886-0440
Popis: Objective: In trying to answer the question about the controversial use of sequential grafts, we determined the mid-term angiographic outcome of patients in whom coronary artery bypass was performed with different types of vein grafts. Methods: A total of 1034 coronary anastomoses on 724 saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) (apart from 497 left internal mammarian artery (LIMA) anastomoses) were assessed in 509 patients in an average of 55.4 ∓ 17.6 months after coronary artery bypass grafting. Results: The patency rates of sequential conduits were markedly higher than those of individual ones (86.6% vs 69.6%, p = 0.0001). Also, the anastomoses on the sequential conduits had better patency rates (80.6% vs 69.6%, p = 0.0001). This difference was even more pronounced in coronary arteries of poor quality/small (
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