title: Left internal thoracic artery and saphenous vein as a composite graft: 8-year angiographic follow-up study.
abstract: The use of a composite graft with left internal thoracic artery (LITA) and arterial or saphenous vein (SV) grafts can allow the complete revascularization of the left coronary system (LCS) without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and without ascending aorta manipulation (AAM), in order to reduce some complications in the immediate postoperative. This study shows 8-year angiographic follow-up results of two patients underwent no-touch aorta off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using LITA and SV as a composite graft to supply LCS.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Service, Instituto do Coração Professor Glauco Lobo, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. glaucolobo@uol.com.br
authors.forename: José Glauco
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lobo Filho
authors.forename: Heraldo Guedis
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Lobo Filho
authors.forename: Francisco José Cabral
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.forename: Jaime Paula Pessoa
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Linhares Filho
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*