title: [Coronary artery bypass grafting: does the use of arterial graft for coronary artery bypass grafting increase surgical risk?].
abstract: Since April in 1988 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was performed in 177 patients and the clinical results were compared in SVG-group (n = 37) in which only saphenous vein graft (SVG) was used as a graft conduit and AG-group in which one arterial graft (AG-1 group, n = 92) or more than two arterial grafts were used (AG-2 group, n = 48). In SVG-group the age was older than that in AG-group, while coronary vessels were most involved in AG-2 group and the mean number of distal anastomosis increased more in AG-group. The total pump time and aortic cross clamping time showed no significant differences among the groups. Furthermore, the occurrence of perioperative myocardial infarction, requirement of intra-aortic balloon pumping, frequency of re-chest open for hemorrhage, or sternal infection showed no significant differences among the groups. Postoperative hospital deaths were in four (three cardiac deaths) of SVG-group and four (one cardiac and two graft-versus-host disease) of AG-group. These results suggest that the use of AG does not increase surgical risk and AG can be positively used for CABG.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isomura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hisatomi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosuga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohishi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation