HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Author home page(s): Jeffrey P. Gold Richard J. Shemin Verdi J. DiSesa Lawrence H. Cohn John J. Collins, Jr. Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Gold, J. P. Articles by Collins, J. J. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Gold, J. P. Articles by Collins, J. J., Jr.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994;107:1377-1378
© 1994 Mosby, Inc.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Triple sequential grafts using the internal mammary artery: An angiographic and short-term follow-up study

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY 10021

To the Editor:

We read with interest the JOURNAL article concerning multiple distal anastomoses with internal mammary artery conduits ¹ Although we agree with the authors' conclusions, we would like to point out that in 1985 we published our experience with a single patient undergoing five distal anastomoses on a single internal mammary artery conduit with an in situ and free sequential grafting technique. ² In this communication we supplied a description, a schematic drawing of the operative technique used, and a frame from a postoperative cineangiogram depicting filling of all five distal coronary vessels. Although the techniques are somewhat different, the potential for this type of multiple-vessel revascularization with arterial conduit is underscored.

We would like to compliment the group on their large and excellent experience with multiple-vessel arterial revascularization. We emphatically support their conclusion that multivessel internal mammary artery grafting is not only feasible but desirable and can be safely used.

References

1. van Sterkenburg SMM, Ernst SMPG, de la Rivière AB, et al. Triple sequential grafts using the internal mammary artery: an angiographic and short-term follow-up study. J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG 1992;104:60-5.[Abstract]
   
2. Gold JP, Shemin RJ, DiSesa VJ, Cohn LH, Collins JJ Jr. Brief communications: multiple-vessel coronary revascularization with combined in situ and free sequential internal mammary arteries. J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG 1985;90:301-3.[Abstract]
   

This article has been cited by other articles:

				S. Yamasaki, K. Masuhara, and T. Fuji Tranexamic Acid Reduces Postoperative Blood Loss in Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., April 1, 2005; 87(4): 766 - 770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

This Article Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Author home page(s): Jeffrey P. Gold Richard J. Shemin Verdi J. DiSesa Lawrence H. Cohn John J. Collins, Jr. Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Gold, J. P. Articles by Collins, J. J. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Gold, J. P. Articles by Collins, J. J., Jr.