Left-sided complete revascularization with bilateral internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients.

CONCLUSIONS: All-cause death, re-revascularization and myocardial infarction showed no differences between diabetic and non-diabetic patients who underwent left-sided revascularization with the BITAs. Although diabetes did not affect the patency of the ITA, free ITA grafts to the left circumflex artery showed very good long-term patency in diabetic patients.
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 22, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Hayashi Y, Maekawa A, Sawaki S, Ozeki T, Orii M, Saiga T, Kato R, Usui A, Ito T Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research