The Right Gastroepiploic Artery Graft for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A 30-Year Experience
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Hisayoshi Suma
- Source
- Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 49, Iss 4, Pp 225-231 (2016)
- Subject
- Coronary artery d isease
Ischemic heart disease
Coronary artery bypass graft
Myocardial revascularization
Gastroepiploic artery
Surgery
RD1-811
- Language
- English
Korean
- ISSN
- 2233-601X
2093-6516
Throughout its 30-year history, the right gastroepiploic artery (GEA) has been useful for in situ grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The early graft patency rate is high, and the late patency rate has improved by using the skeletonized GEA graft and proper target selection, which involves having a target coronary artery with a tight >90% stenosis. Total arterial revascularization with the internal thoracic artery and GEA grafts is an option for achieving better outcomes from CABG procedures.