title: Conduits in coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: Modern cardiac practice in the United States is conservative when it comes to using bilateral internal mammary or radial artery grafts in coronary artery bypass surgery. Here, we examine the evidence regarding using other arterial grafts instead of veins as a complement to left internal mammary artery in surgical revascularization. In addition, we put our report in perspective relative to prevailing practice, professional societal guidelines, and future directions in coronary artery bypass grafting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: fbakaeen@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Faisal G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Bakaeen
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Cardiothoracic Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zenati
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Deepak L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bhatt
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D024405:Gastroepiploic Artery / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: arterial conduits; coronary artery bypass grafting; internal mammary artery; radial artery; saphenous vein graft