title: Free arterial graft as internal mammary artery-Y complex.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: 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*