title: [Internal thoracic artery in coronary surgery].
abstract: The authors emphasize advantages of using the internal thoracic artery for mammary-coronary shunts in patients with ischemic heart disease. 257 operations have been performed in the clinic since 1964. Among them there were operations of mammary-coronary anastomosis (after V. I. Kolesov) and mammary-coronary shunts. Long-term results were followed-up which evidence high effectiveness of operative treatment. In 109 patients control angiographic examinations were fulfilled at different terms (up to 12 years). Patency of mammary-coronary shunts was 83.5% as compared with ACSh where it was about 63%.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Lebedev
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Vinogradov
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Khnykina
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Pizin
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Vavilov
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Azovtsev
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Vnutrenniaia grudnaia arteriia v koronarnoĭ khirurgii.