Reappraisal of coronary endarterectomy for the treatment of diffuse coronary artery disease Thoralf M Sundt, MD, Cynthia J Camillo, RN, Eric N Mendeloff, MD, Hendrick B Barner, MD, William A Gay, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 1272-1277 (October 1999) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00693-1
Fig 1 This representative endarterectomy specimen was extracted from the left anterior descending, its major diagonal branch, and the ramus intermedius via an extended arteriotomy of the left anterior descending beginning above the origin of the major diagonal branch and a separate 3-cm arteriotomy in the ramus intermedius. Note material extracted from the origins of septal perforators. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 1272-1277DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00693-1)
Fig 2 Actuarial survival following endarterectomy of one or more coronary arteries is shown with dashed lines indicating ±1 SE. (N = number of patients at risk at each time point.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 1272-1277DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00693-1)