Free arterial graft as internal mammary artery-Y complex.
Because of excellent surgical results obtained with in situ internal mammary artery grafts, recent efforts have been made to extend the use of arterial conduits. In this study 2 cases of coronary revascularization using free internal mammary artery and gastroepiploic artery grafts as an internal mammary artery-Y complex are described. We believe that complete revascularization with only arterial conduit can be achieved more widely by using this technique.
Koike
R
R
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
Suma
H
H
Oku
T
T
Satoh
H
H
Sawada
Y
Y
Takeuchi
A
A
D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*