Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Configuration for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Trial [Coronary Artery Disease]

Conclusions— Three-year systematic angiographic follow-up revealed no significant difference in graft patency between the 2 BITA configurations. However, compared with in situ configuration, the use of BITA in a Y grafting configuration results in lower rates of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events at 7 years. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01666366.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - July 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Glineur, D., Boodhwani, M., Hanet, C., de Kerchove, L., Navarra, E., Astarci, P., Noirhomme, P., El Khoury, G. Tags: Cardiovascular Surgery, Revascularization Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research