title: Reoperation after previous grafting with the internal mammary artery: technique and early results.
abstract: Among 1,006 patients undergoing coronary bypass reoperation from 1968 through 1982, 100 had a patent internal mammary artery graft. There were 88 men and 12 women with a mean age of 53.4 years and a mean interval between first and second operations of 56.6 months. Reasons for reoperation were vein graft closure in 26% of the patients, progressive disease in previously ungrafted arteries in 48%, and combined indications in 26%. One operative death occurred. There was no significant difference in morbidity when compared with a reference group of 906 reoperations in patients without IMA grafting. Complete revascularization was achieved in 64% of the patients; the mean number of grafts per patient was 1.6. Seven patients had a perioperative myocardial infarction, and eight mammary artery pedicles were damaged during reoperation.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Baillot
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Loop
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cosgrove
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Lytle
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012306:Risk; D013997:Time Factors