title: 64-slice computed tomography of bovine internal mammary artery coronary grafts.
abstract: In cases where conventional aortocoronary grafts cannot be used, No-React bovine internal mammary artery is a possible alternative. The aim of this study was to assess the patency and clinical performance of bovine internal mammary artery as a coronary bypass conduit, using 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography. Eleven patients (mean age, 68.2 + or - 5.9 years) received 11 bovine grafts between 2002 and 2006. Eight of these patients were alive after a mean follow-up of 29.4 + or - 16.3 months. Their mean additive EuroSCORE was 6.5 + or - 3.2. The mean number of distal anastomoses was 2.5 + or - 0.5. Six grafts were anastomosed to the right coronary artery, 2 to the left anterior descending artery, and 3 to the circumflex artery. All 11 bovine grafts were found to be occluded after 14.1 + or - 3.6 months. This demonstrates very poor results with the bovine coronary graft, thus we do not recommend its use, and we suggest considering an hybrid approach in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujols, Cra. Canyet sn 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. colli.andrea.bcn@gmail.com
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colli
authors.forename: Alessandro Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Budillon
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cademartiri
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palumbo
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maffei
authors.forename: Tiziano
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gherli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002417:Cattle; D003287:Contrast Media; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D015588:Observer Variation; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C057937:iomeprol; D007479:Iopamidol