title: [Use of 2 internal mammary arteries in coronary bypass. Combination with a bypass using the gastroepiploic artery in 2 cases].
abstract: Coronary revascularisation by bilateral internal mammary artery grafting was performed in 39 patients. The left internal mammary was anastomosed to the left anterior descending (N = 22), the left lateral (N = 12) or diagonal artery (N = 5). The right internal mammary was implanted on the right coronary (N = 17), the left anterior descending (N = 16), the left lateral (N = 3) or diagonal artery (N = 3). In two cases, the inferior myocardial segments were revascularised by grafting the gastroepiploic artery. Three patients died and one patient had signs of postoperative myocardial infarction. Respiratory complications, usually mild, occurred in 5 patients. Bilateral internal mammary artery grafting should be reserved for: 1) young patients, 2) those without usable leg veins (varicose veins, previous stripping or coronary bypass surgery). The gastroepiploic artery is a useful arterial graft for revascularizing regions of the heart inaccessible to the internal mammary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie cardio-vasculaire, hôpital de la Pitié, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mabesoone
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bors
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pavie
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gandjbakhch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cabrol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications
vernacular_title: Utilisation des deux artères mammaires internes pour les pontages coronaires. Association à un pontage avec l'artère gastroépiploïque dans deux cas.