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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 80, 327-333, Copyright © 1980 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Bypass grafts to the left anterior descending coronary artery: saphenous vein versus internal mammary artery

DH Tyras, HB Barner, GC Kaiser, JE Codd, DG Pennington and VL Willman

During the interval 1972 to 1977, of 1,522 patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), 1,459 received grafts to the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Internal mammary artery (IMA) was used in 765 patients and reversed saphenous vein graft (SVG) in 694 patients. Choice of bypass graft was nonrandom. Clinical follow- up is available in 98% of patients. Angiography has been obtained in 69% of eligible patients at 1 month, 65% at 1 year, 62% at 3 years, and 63% at 5 years. There was no difference in operative mortality rates (IMA 1.4%, SVG 1.9%) or 5 year actuarial survival rates (IMA 87.6%, SVG 88.7%). Graft flows were consistently higher at operation with the SVG, but patency rates at each interval were significantly higher with the IMA. Perioperative and late myocardial infarction occurred significantly less often in IMA patients. Superiority in IMA graft patency became apparent after an initial "learning curve" of 2 years of experience. Maintenance and/or restoration of normal left ventricular function was more common in IMA patients operated upon after the initial 2 year experience. IMA grafts are recommended for LAD bypass when the LAD is 2.0 mm in diameter or less. Early results with sequential SVG to the LAD suggest that this may be a realistic alternative to the IMA and may approach the 1 year IMA graft patency rate of 92.6%.

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