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National Trends and Geographic Variation in Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Use in the United States

Friday, December 8, 2017

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.055

Author(s)

Alexander Iribarne, Philip P. Goodney, Alyssa M. Flores, Joseph DeSimone, Anthony W. DiScipio, Andrea Austin, Jock N. McCullough

Iribarne and colleagues analyzed US Medicare claims from 2009 to 2014 to characterize bilateral internal mammary artery (BIMA) usage in coronary artery bypass surgery. They found that regional usage of BIMA differed significantly, and that BIMA usage was related to the intensity of cardiovascular care but only somewhat to surgical volume.