Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2006, 150(1):131-134 | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2006.020
MEASUREMENT OF THE FLOW IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTS
- a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Palackż University, University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
The aim of our study was to measure the flow in coronary artery bypass grafts and to compare the flow between two groups of patients. In group A the arterial revascularization was performed with both internal thoracic arteries using as a Y graft and in group B conventional revascularization using left internal thoracic artery (ITA) attached to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and venous grafts to the other branches of the left coronary artery was performed. The flow in all grafts was measured at six time points during the operation. The cumulative flow at the end of the operation in the group A (arterial Y graft) was 51.8 ± 24.5 ml/min and in group B (conventional technique) it was 96.8 ± 41.1ml/min (p < 0.05). The flow in left ITA to LAD was similar in both groups (27.3 ± 15.9 ml/min and 26.3 ± 16.1 ml/min in group A and B). The flow in right ITA (25.2 ± 18.4ml/min) was significantly lower than in venous grafts (72.5 ± 45.5 ml/min). The calculated flow reserve was 2.2 in group A and 2.1 in group B. We found that the cumulative flow in arterial Y graft was lower in comparison with conventional revascularization. This is due to the lower flow in the right ITA branch of the Y graft compared to venous grafts. However based on clinical results, we can postulate that the flow in the Y graft is sufficient to meet the demand of the myocardium originally supplied by the left coronary artery.
Keywords: Coronary artery bypass, Flow measurement, Internal thoracic artery, Y graft
Received: April 28, 2006; Accepted: May 20, 2006; Published: July 1, 2006 Show citation
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