This institutional series from Leipzig Heart Centre presents results from 15 years of bilateral internal thoracic artery usage in off-pump CABG (OPCABG). Survival analysis as well as detailed postoperative outcomes are presented to demonstrate that OPCABG with bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting is a safe operation with low mortality and morbidity.
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Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery With Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries: the Leipzig Experience
Submitted by: Emily Robinson
Source: Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Source URL: http://www.annalscts.com/article/view/16514/html
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Author(s): Piroze M. Davierwala, Sergey Leontyev, Jens Garbade, Sven Lehmann, David Holzhey, Martin Misfeld, Michael A. Borger
