Long term follow up results of sequential left internal thoracic artery grafts on severe left anterior descending artery disease

Mert, Murat; Cetin, Gurkan; Yildiz, CENK; UĞURLUCAN, Murat; CAGLAR, İlker; Ozkara, Ahmet; Akcevin, Atif; Bakay, Cihat

doi:10.1186/1749-8090-5-87

Long term follow up results of sequential left internal thoracic artery grafts on severe left anterior descending artery disease

Mert M., Cetin G., Yildiz C. E., UĞURLUCAN M., CAGLAR I. M., Ozkara A., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, cilt.5, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2010
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-87
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: Several alternative procedures have been proposed to achieve complete revascularization in the presence of diffuse left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) disease. With the extensive use of internal thoracic artery grafts in coronary artery bypass procedures, sequential anastomosis of the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to LAD has gained popularity in these challenging cases. The long term results of sequential LITA to LAD anstomosis were examined in this study.