Deep sternal infections after in situ bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting for left ventricular myocardial revascularization: predictors and influence on 20-year outcomes.

Conclusions: With an accurate patient selection (i.e., exclusion of obese diabetic females) and strict DM control BITA represents a first choice for most of CABG patients, even at high risk for DSWI. The occurrence of DSWI does not influence long-term survival and late outcomes. Our findings should be confirmed by further larger research. PMID: 30416768 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research