Open AccessIs it better to use the radial artery as a composite graft? Clinical and angiographic results of aorto-coronary versus Y-graft1
Author(s) -
Massimo Lemma,
Andrea Mangini,
Guido Gelpi,
Andréa Innorta,
Annamaria Spina,
Carlo Antona
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.020
Subject(s) - radial artery , medicine , artery , cardiology , composite number , coronary angiography , radiology , materials science , composite material , myocardial infarction
We sought to evaluate whether the radial artery (RA) provides the same clinical and angiographic results when proximally anastomosed to the aorta or to the left internal thoracic artery (ITA) as a composite Y-graft.
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