Why the study?
Does internal mammary artery grafting provide high graft patency and symptomatic relief in Japanese patients undergoing myocardial revascularization?
Population
100 Japanese patients undergoing myocardial revascularization (86 males, 14 females, mean age 58 +/- 9 years).
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
mean 2.2 postoperative months
Authors
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High short-term IMA patency in this Japanese case series; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does internal mammary artery grafting provide high graft patency and symptomatic relief in Japanese patients undergoing myocardial revascularization?
Internal mammary artery grafting in Japanese patients demonstrates excellent short-term patency (98% at 2.2 months) and significant symptomatic relief.
Suma et al. (1988) studied this question.
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