The study evaluates the early patency rates of LIMA-to-LAD grafts in conventional CABG surgery.
Should not alter CABG graft monitoring; leaves open predictors and long-term sequelae of early LIMA occlusion.
The mortality advantage of grafting the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery during conventional coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is well established. However, the exact frequency of early LIMA occlusion has ranged from 1 percent …
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