title: Innominate and subclavian arteries as an inflow of free arterial graft.
abstract: To find a suitable inflow site for free arterial grafts in myocardial revascularization, I used the innominate artery for the radial artery graft in 4 patients and the left subclavian artery for three radial grafts and one free gastroepiploic artery graft. All 8 patients were alive, and all five restudied grafts were all patent. The innominate and subclavian arteries are suitable in terms of better wall matching and avoidable aortic clamping in cases of atherosclerotic ascending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*