Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting is associated with significantly improved long-term survival, even among diabetic patients

JD Puskas, A Sadiq, TA Vassiliades, PD Kilgo… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: This study examines if bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) grafting
provides improved outcomes compared with single internal thoracic artery (SITA) grafting, in …

Long-term outcomes of bypass grafting versus drug-eluting stenting for left main coronary artery disease: Results from the IRIS-MAIN registry

PH Lee, JY Lee, CW Lee, S Han, JM Ahn, DW Park… - American heart …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background There are limited data on comparative outcomes and its determinants following
coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) …

Better ischemic event-free survival after two internal thoracic artery grafts: 13 years of follow-up

E Berreklouw, PPC Rademakers, JM Koster… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background. We researched our data to determine whether pedicled bilateral internal
thoracic artery (BITA) grafting led to better ischemic event-free survival compared to single …

Left internal mammary artery versus coronary stents: impact on downstream coronary stenoses and conduit patency

M Zhang, RR Guddeti, Y Matsuzawa… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The study compared downstream coronary and conduit disease progression in
the left anterior descending coronary artery treated with coronary artery bypass grafting …

Bilateral internal thoracic artery use in patients with low ejection fraction: is there any additional long-term benefit?

S Mohammadi, D Kalavrouziotis… - European Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES The use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITA) has been associated with
improved long-term outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The …

Randomized trial of stents versus bypass surgery for left main coronary artery disease: 5-year outcomes of the PRECOMBAT study

JM Ahn, JH Roh, YH Kim, DW Park, SC Yun… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Background: In a previous randomized trial, we found that percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) was not inferior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for the …

Survival after bilateral internal mammary artery in coronary artery bypass grafting: are women at risk?

FA Saraiva, N Girerd, RJ Cerqueira, JP Ferreira… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Most observational studies support long-term survival benefit after bilateral
internal mammary artery (BIMA) compared with single internal mammary artery (SIMA) …

Second internal thoracic artery versus radial artery in coronary artery bypass grafting: a long-term, propensity score–matched follow-up study

E Ruttmann, N Fischler, A Sakic, O Chevtchik, H Alber… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The best second arterial conduit for multiple arterial revascularization (MAR)
is still a matter of debate. Previous studies on the benefit of either using the radial artery (RA) …

The use of left and right internal thoracic artery grafts for revascularization of the left coronary artery

LB Puig, CG Papanikolau, MP Najar… - Arquivos brasileiros …, 1997 - europepmc.org
Purpose To analyze the late results of patients who underwent left coronary myocardial
revascularization with both internal thoracic arteries, with the right internal thoracic through …

Routine use of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts for left-sided myocardial revascularization in insulin-dependent diabetic patients: early and long-term outcomes

G Gatti, P Soso, L Dell'Angela… - European Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Despite encouraging late outcomes, the use of bilateral internal thoracic artery
(BITA) grafting for myocardial revascularization in diabetic patients remains controversial …