The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 49, 656-658, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Free arterial graft as internal mammary artery-Y complex
R Koike, H Suma, T Oku, H Satoh, Y Sawada and A Takeuchi
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
Because of excellent surgical results obtained with in situ internal
mammary artery grafts, recent efforts have been made to extend the use of
arterial conduits. In this study 2 cases of coronary revascularization
using free internal mammary artery and gastroepiploic artery grafts as an
internal mammary artery-Y complex are described. We believe that complete
revascularization with only arterial conduit can be achieved more widely by
using this technique.