The Right Gastroepiploic Artery Graft for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A 30-Year Experience.
10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.4.225
- Author:
Hisayoshi SUMA
1
Author Information
1. Suma Heart Clinic, Japan. suma@sumaheart.jp
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Coronary artery disease;
Ischemic heart disease;
Coronary artery bypass graft;
Myocardial revascularization;
Gastroepiploic artery
- MeSH:
Constriction, Pathologic;
Coronary Artery Bypass*;
Coronary Artery Disease;
Coronary Vessels*;
Gastroepiploic Artery*;
Mammary Arteries;
Myocardial Ischemia;
Myocardial Revascularization;
Skeleton;
Transplants*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2016;49(4):225-231
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Throughout its 30-year history, the right gastroepiploic artery (GEA) has been useful for in situ grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The early graft patency rate is high, and the late patency rate has improved by using the skeletonized GEA graft and proper target selection, which involves having a target coronary artery with a tight >90% stenosis. Total arterial revascularization with the internal thoracic artery and GEA grafts is an option for achieving better outcomes from CABG procedures.
