MAXIMAL UTILIZATION OF THE LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY FOR CORONARY-BYPASS GRAFTING

Authors
BONCHEK LI BURLINGAME MW VAZALES BE LUNDY EF
Citation
Li. Bonchek et al., MAXIMAL UTILIZATION OF THE LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY FOR CORONARY-BYPASS GRAFTING, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 61(6), 1996, pp. 1848-1849
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
61
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1848 - 1849
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1996)61:6<1848:MUOTLI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A technique is described for using the internal mammary artery to bypa ss the left anterior descending coronary artery and another adjacent c oronary artery even when the alignment of the two vessels is not favor able for a conventional sequential graft. The distal end of the mammar y artery is amputated and used to construct a Y graft to the anterior descending artery and to the secondary target vessel.