Which Arterial Conduit Which Arterial Conduit? Radial Artery Versus Free Right Internal Thoracic Artery: Six- Year Clinical Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Philip A.R. Hayward, FRCS, David L. Hare, FRACP, Ian Gordon, PhD, George Matalanis, FRACS, Brian F. Buxton, FRACS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 84, Issue 2, Pages 493-497 (August 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.053 Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Enrollment: patient assessment, recruitment, and randomization. (AMI = acute myocardial infarction; BMI = body mass index; EF = ejection fraction; FEV = forced expiratory volume.) (B) Randomization: patient follow-up and analysis. (LITA = left internal thoracic artery; RITA = right internal thoracic artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 493-497DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.053) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Kaplan-Meier analysis of actuarial survival. (B) Kaplan-Meier analysis of event-free survival. (Black line = radial artery [RA]; gray line = right internal thoracic artery [RITA].) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 493-497DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.053) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions