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19491127

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
We determined whether ultrasonographic left internal mammary artery (LIMA) findings correspond with 64 multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in patients 12 years after coronary artery bypass grafting. We included 34 patients (63.2+/-9.2 years), 16 with conventional single LIMA (group I) and 18 arterial T-grafts (group II), in a cross-sectional study. Patients underwent transthoracic proximal LIMA ultrasonography at rest and during the Azoulay maneuver, transthoracic echocardiography of the left ventricle and 64-MSCT, 11.5+/-1.4 years postoperatively. MSCT scans showed three string sign LIMA grafts (19%) in group I and three distal string sign LIMA grafts (17%) and 16 occluded T-graft anastomoses (22%) in group II. LIMA diameters and areas are significantly larger in group II in the origin, 3.5+/-0.7 vs. 2.5+/-0.5 mm, P=0.00007 and 0.09+/-0.04 vs. 0.05+/-0.02 cm(2), P=0.00019 and in the third intercostal space, 3.4+/-0.7 vs. 2.5+/-0.5 mm, P=0.00009 and 0.09+/-0.03 vs. 0.05+/-0.02 cm(2), P=0.000047. Most ultrasonographic LIMA findings do not differ between the groups. Thus, proximal LIMA diameters and areas are significantly larger in T-grafts and ultrasonographic variables equalize between the groups at rest and during the Azoulay maneuver 12 years after surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1569-9285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
416-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Anatomical and functional assessment of single left internal mammary artery versus arterial T-grafts 12 years after surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thoraxcentre, Bd 575, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study