Pedicled versus skeletonized internal thoracic artery grafts: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Concerns have been raised regarding whether skeletonization of the internal thoracic artery could damage the graft and thereby reduces its patency. The objective of this study was to compare patency rates at mid- and long-term follow-up between pedicled and skeletonized left internal thoracic artery grafts.

Methods

This randomized controlled trial included 109 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. The patients were assigned to receive either one pedicled or one skeletonized left internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending artery. Follow-up was performed at 3 years with conventional angiography, and at 8 years with computed tomography angiography. Differences between patency rates were analyzed with Fisher's exact test and a generali

SUBMITTER: Dreifaldt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242404 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature