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  • Title: [Cardiac revascularization using both mammary arteries].
    Author: Vilandt J, Kjaergård HK.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 1998 Aug 17; 160(34):4897-9. PubMed ID: 9741260.
    Abstract:
    Both internal mammary arteries in combination with veins were used for revascularization of the hearth in fifty Danish patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at Gentofte Hospital during the period 1994-1996. Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, obesity, and age over 75 years were excluded. The patients were followed for at least one month after the operation. No patients died, and the complication rate was low and comparable to standard CABG using the left mammary artery and vein grafts. It is known from the literature that 10 years after CABG only 50% of vein grafts remain patent, and half of these have severe atherosclerosis. The mammary artery is far more resistant to atherosclerosis and 15 years after the procedure fewer patients have recurrent angina when both mammary arteries have been used. Bilateral mammary artery grafts can be used in half of CABG-procedures, and are especially indicated in younger patients.
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