Journal article
Worldwide Trends in Multi-arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery 2004-2014: A Tale of 2 Continents
TA Schwann, J Tatoulis, J Puskas, M Bonnell, D Taggart, P Kurlansky, JP Jacobs, VH Thourani, S O'Brien, A Wallace, MC Engoren, RF Tranbaugh, RH Habib
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | ELSEVIER INC | Published : 2017
Abstract
Recent evidence shows that multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting (MABG) based on bilateral internal thoracic (BITA) or left internal thoracic (LITA) and radial artery (RA) improves long-term outcomes compared with single arterial coronary artery bypass grafting (SABG) (LITA + saphenous vein graft). How this evidence affected the worldwide use of MABG, if at all, is not well defined. Accordingly, we report 10-year temporal trends of MABG utilization from 2 continents. A study population of 1,683,434 non-emergent, primary, isolated LITA-based coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (≥2 grafts) patients was derived from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) (1,307,528 (79.5%) of 1,644,..
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