Bilateral versus Single Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting Strategies Supplemented by Radial Artery Grafting.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

It is unclear if a second or third arterial graft can improve clinical outcomes in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. We compared the outcomes of bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) plus radial artery (RA) grafting versus left internal thoracic artery (LITA) plus RA grafting after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

Materials and methods

Between January 2009 and December 2020, a total of 3007 patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass were analyzed. Among them, 971 patients received total arterial grafting using LITA. We divided the patients into two groups [group A, BITA+RA grafting (n=227) and group B, LITA+RA grafting (n=744)], and compared the survival and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascul

SUBMITTER: Kim HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10375247 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature