The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 92, 963-964, Copyright © 1986 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Internal mammary artery graft: retrospective report with 17 years' survival
WJ Cushing, GJ Magovern and AS Olearchyk
This report describes one of the earliest cases of successful internal
mammary artery grafting. A left internal mammary-right coronary artery
titanium stent anastomosis was performed on Jan. 5, 1968, at Allegheny
General Hospital. Repeated cardiac catheterization 2 weeks, 6 months, and 6
years after the operation showed a patent anastomosis. The patient survived
over 17 years after the operation.