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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:459-465
© 2000 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease

Effect of flow competition on internal thoracic artery graft: Postoperative velocimetric and angiographic study

From Department of Surgery II, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Address for reprints: Tsuyoshi Shimizu, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery, The St George Hospital, Gray St, Kogarah, NSW 2217, Australia (E-mail: t-shimiz{at}edu1.tokyo-med.ac.jp ).

Objectives: To assess the effects of competitive blood flow on internal thoracic artery grafts, we investigated postoperative flow velocity characteristics and angiographic findings of the grafts with various grades of native coronary artery stenosis.
Methods: Fifty patients who had an internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending artery underwent intravascular Doppler graft velocimetry during postoperative angiography. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to the grade of native coronary stenosis: group H (28 patients), 80% stenosis or greater; group M (16 patients), 60% to 79% stenosis; and group L (6 patients), 40% to 59% stenosis. Phasic flow velocity of the grafts was measured with an intravascular Doppler ultrasound–tipped guide wire during angiography. Graft flow volume was calculated from the diameter and the average peak velocity.
Results: Average peak velocity (group H, 27.1 ± 8.6 cm/s; group M, 16.9 ± 3.9 cm/s; group L, 7.2 ± 3.7 cm/s), distal graft diameter (group H, 2.27 ± 0.23 mm; group M, 2.00 ± 0.28 mm; group L, 1.07 ± 0.27 mm), and calculated graft flow volume (group H, 33.1 ± 12.0 mL/min; group M, 16.2 ± 5.8 mL/min; group L, 2.3 ± 2.0 mL/min) significantly differed among the 3 groups. Graft flow in diastole and systole also differed among the 3 groups.
Conclusions: Competitive blood flow reduces internal thoracic artery graft flow and diameter according to the grade of the native coronary artery stenosis. These data suggest that grafting the internal thoracic artery to the coronary artery with stenosis of a low grade can cause graft atrophy and failure.

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