title: Extended use of bilateral internal mammary arteries for coronary artery disease.
abstract: The internal mammary artery is the conduit of choice for coronary artery revascularization. Wide angulation between the left anterior descending coronary artery and obtuse marginal branches and the diseased segments of the coronary arteries can prevent optimal positioning of the left internal mammary artery for sequential anastomoses for revascularization. We describe a technique using a segment of the left internal mammary artery as a free graft sewn in an end-to-side fashion to the in situ left internal mammary artery. This approach has technical and physiological advantages over previously described techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gott
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged