Rationale for off-pump coronary revascularization to small branches—angiographic study of 1,283 anastomoses in 408 patients Kaoru Matsuura, MD, Junjiro Kobayashi, MD, Osamu Tagusari, MD, Ko Bando, MD, Kazuo Niwaya, MD, Hiroyuki Nakajima, MD, Toshikatsu Yagihara, MD, Soichiro Kitamura, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 77, Issue 5, Pages 1530-1534 (May 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.043
Fig 1 Distribution of graft material. (A) Group S. (B) Group L. (GEA = gastroepiploic artery; ITA = internal thoracic artery; RA = radial artery; SVG = saphenous vein graft.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1530-1534DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.043)
Fig 2 Distribution of anastomosis site. (A) Group S (%). (B) Group L (%). (LAD = left anterior descending branch; OM = obtuse marginal artery; PL = posterolateral branch; RCA= right coronary artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1530-1534DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.043)
Fig 3 Distribution of anastomosis method. (A) Group S. (B) Group L. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1530-1534DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.043)
Fig 4 Patency and stenosis free rate stratified by graft material. (GEA = gastroepiploic artery; ITA = internal thoracic artery; RA = radial artery; SVG = saphenous vein graft.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1530-1534DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.043)
Fig 5 Patency and stenosis free rate stratified by anastomosis site. (LAD = left anterior descending branch; OM = obtuse marginal artery; PL = posterolateral branch; RCA = right coronary artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1530-1534DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.043)
Fig 6 Patency and stenosis free rate stratified by anastomosis method. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1530-1534DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.043)