Early Outcomes of Radial Artery Use in All-Arterial Grafting of the Coronary Arteries in Patients 65 Years and Older

ERDİL N., Nisanoglu V., Eroglu T., FANSA İ., Cihan H. B., BATTALOĞLU B.

TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, vol.37, no.3, pp.301-306, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Journal Name: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.301-306
  • Keywords: Aged, coronary artery bypass, coronary disease/surgery, myocardial revascularization, postoperative complications, radial artery/transplantation, retrospective studies, saphenous vein/transplantation, surgical wound infection/prevention & control, tissue and organ harvesting, transplantation, autologous, thoracic arteries/transplantation, treatment outcome, LEG WOUND COMPLICATIONS, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION, VEIN HARVEST, BYPASS, SURGERY, OCTOGENARIANS, AGE
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We retrospectively evaluated early clinical results of coronary revascularization using none but arterial grafts in patients aged 65 years and older. The cases of 449 consecutive patients who had undergone isolated myocardial revascularization were divided into 2 groups: the arterial conduit group (n=107) received a left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft and 1 or both radial arteries (RAs), while the mixed-conduit group (n=342) received a LIMA graft and 1 or more saphenous vein grafts (SVGs), with or without an RA.