title: ["Mammary loop" technique--new method of multiple coronary revascularization using internal mammary arteries].
abstract: The internal mammary arteries are "the gold standard" conduits for coronary by-pass because their' s patency is superior to the saphenous graft. There are some surgical techniques which allow to use the entire length of the mammary arteries: the Y graft, the T graft and the pi graft. We describe recently the "mammary loop" technique that allows to make a Y graft using only one internal mammary artery. This technique also simplifies the construction of a pi graft. In this article we present the variants of this technique and discuss the indications and our early experience results.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Jean Minjoz Besançon, Serviciul de Chirurgie Toracică śi Cardio-Vasculară.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stoica
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chocron
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaili
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Falcoz
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Etievent
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous