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. 1988 Feb;37(2):93-6.

[10-year results of anastomoses of the left internal mammary artery to the anterior interventricular artery. Angiographic and radionuclide controls]

[Article in French]
J P Godenir  1 , N Danchin, D Amrein, B Peiffert, J Zamorano, J P Villemot, A Bertrand, P Mathieu
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  • PMID: 3355079

[10-year results of anastomoses of the left internal mammary artery to the anterior interventricular artery. Angiographic and radionuclide controls]

[Article in French]
J P Godenir et al. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 1988 Feb.

Abstract

The long term patency of left internal mammary artery graft is better than that of saphenous vein graft. The aim of this study was to determined if this high patency rate was accompanied by a satisfactory myocardial perfusion. Among 143 patients treated with an internal mammary artery graft on the left anterior descending artery between 1972 and 1976, 42 patients underwent coronary angiogram and exercise tomoscintigraphy (thallium 201) over 10 years after surgery. The left internal mammary artery was patent in 92% without any atheromatous lesions. The myocardial perfusion in the area supplied by the left anterior descending artery was normal in 74%. A slight ischemia appeared during exercise in 19% without any clinical symptoms. This long term study shows excellent anatomical results correlated with a good myocardial perfusion during exercise in most cases.

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