Equipoise between radial artery and right internal thoracic artery as the second arterial conduit in left internal thoracic artery-based coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a multi-institutional study | Zendy

Thomas A. Schwann | Zendy; Sabet W. Hashim | Zendy; Sanaa Badour | Zendy; Mounir Obeid | Zendy; Milo Engoren | Zendy; Robert F. Tranbaugh | Zendy; Mark R. Bonnell | Zendy; Robert Habib | Zendy

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Equipoise between radial artery and right internal thoracic artery as the second arterial conduit in left internal thoracic artery-based coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a multi-institutional study

Author(s) -

Thomas A. Schwann,

Sabet W. Hashim,

Sanaa Badour,

Mounir Obeid,

Milo Engoren,

Robert F. Tranbaugh,

Mark R. Bonnell,

Robert Habib

Publication year - 2015

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 - 10.1093/ejcts/ezv093

Subject(s) - medicine , internal thoracic artery , cardiology , artery , right coronary artery , surgery , coronary artery disease , cohort , coronary artery bypass surgery , myocardial infarction , bypass grafting , coronary angiography

Multiple arterial coronary artery grafting (MABG) improves long-term survival compared with single arterial CABG (SABG), yet the best second arterial conduit to be used with the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) remains undefined. Outcomes in patients grafted with radial artery (RA-MABG) versus right internal thoracic artery (RITA-MABG) as the second arterial graft were compared with SABG.

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