Revascularization of the septal artery.
The septal artery has been infrequently considered for bypass grafting due to its apparent inaccessibility. Twelve patients have recently been found to have a large single obstructed septal artery that supplied an area of left ventricle great enough to justify revascularization. A review of 100 normal arteriograms showed that 30% (30/100) of the patients had a septal artery of sufficient size to sustain a graft. Early restudy of 8 of the 12 patients who received septal bypasses showed all grafts to be patent and functioning well.
D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation