The use of internal mammary vein in coronary artery surgery.
coronary artery bypass grafting
coronary artery disease
Journal
Journal of cardiac surgery
ISSN: 1540-8191
Titre abrégé: J Card Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8908809
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
received:
15
02
2021
accepted:
17
02
2021
pubmed:
9
3
2021
medline:
20
5
2021
entrez:
8
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Arterial revascularization, and in particular, left internal mammary artery (LIMA), has shown to improve survival of patients with coronary artery disease. Complete revascularization often requires the use of other grafts and saphenous vein graft is still the most common conduit used. Several other types of grafts have been utilized during revascularization, including the radial artery and gastroepiploic artery. It is recognized that its venous structure can change when submitted to long-term blood pressure regimen. We, herein, report left internal mammary vein (LIMV) utilized as a novel conduit for coronary artery revascularization, that was patent after 6 years. LIMV is an easy graft to harvest if the LIMA is dissected as a pedicle. The long-term patency of LIMV is unknown, but its usage could be suggested for elderly patients with peripheral vascular disease, when long graft patency is not required.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2103-2105Informations de copyright
© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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