Fig. 1 Clinical model of coronary collateral flow Fig. 1 Clinical model of coronary collateral flow. (a) Right-to-right collateral shunt; (b) proximal left-to-right collateral shunt; (c) distal left-to-right collateral shunt. LITA: left internal thoracic artery; LAD: left anterior descending artery; RA: right atrium; RCA: right coronary artery; RITA: right internal thoracic artery. From: Collateral blood flow between left coronary artery bypass grafts and chronically occluded right coronary circulation in patients with triple vessel disease. Observations during complete revascularisation of beating hearts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007;31(1):49-54. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.09.033 Eur J Cardiothorac Surg | © 2007 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEuropean Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Fig. 3 Significant correlation, by linear regression analysis, between left ventricular ejection fraction and flow in LITA measured intraoperatively before unclamping (LITA<sub>-PRE</sub>), the saphenous right coronary bypass graft (y = 1.763 x −53.48, R squared = 0.476, P = 0.009). From: Collateral blood flow between left coronary artery bypass grafts and chronically occluded right coronary circulation in patients with triple vessel disease. Observations during complete revascularisation of beating hearts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007;31(1):49-54. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.09.033 Eur J Cardiothorac Surg | © 2007 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEuropean Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Table 2 Individual flow measurements (ml/min) From: Collateral blood flow between left coronary artery bypass grafts and chronically occluded right coronary circulation in patients with triple vessel disease. Observations during complete revascularisation of beating hearts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007;31(1):49-54. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.09.033 Eur J Cardiothorac Surg | © 2007 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEuropean Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Table 1 Preoperative patient charateristics From: Collateral blood flow between left coronary artery bypass grafts and chronically occluded right coronary circulation in patients with triple vessel disease. Observations during complete revascularisation of beating hearts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007;31(1):49-54. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.09.033 Eur J Cardiothorac Surg | © 2007 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEuropean Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Fig. 2 Protocol of the study. From: Collateral blood flow between left coronary artery bypass grafts and chronically occluded right coronary circulation in patients with triple vessel disease. Observations during complete revascularisation of beating hearts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007;31(1):49-54. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.09.033 Eur J Cardiothorac Surg | © 2007 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEuropean Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery