The Incremental Value of Three or More Arterial Grafts in CABG: The Effect of Native Vessel Disease.

Background: We investigated whether extended arterial grafting with three or more arterial grafts in patients with a left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery graft improves survival in coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients and whether its effects will depend on the extent of coronary artery disease; specifically three-vessel disease (3VD) versus two-vessel disease (2VD).

Methods: Fifteen-year mortality was analyzed in 11,931 patients with multivessel disease and primary isolated left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery coronary artery bypass graft surgery with 2 or more grafts. Patients were aged 64.

The effect of completeness of revascularization during CABG with single versus multiple arterial grafts.

Introduction: Incomplete coronary revascularization is associated with suboptimal outcomes. We investigated the long-term effects of Incomplete, Complete, and Supra-complete revascularization and whether these effects differed in the setting of single-arterial and multi-arterial coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).

Methods: We analyzed 15-year mortality in 7157 CABG patients (64.

Incremental Value of Increasing Number of Arterial Grafts: The Effect of Diabetes Mellitus.

Background: Multiarterial coronary grafting with two arterial grafts leads to improved survival compared with conventional single artery based on left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery and saphenous vein grafts. We investigated whether extending arterial grafting to three or more arterial grafts further improves survival, and whether such a benefit is modified by diabetes mellitus.

Methods: We analyzed 15-year coronary artery bypass graft surgery mortality data in 11,931 patients (age 64.

CABG Versus PCI: Greater Benefit in Long-Term Outcomes With Multiple Arterial Bypass Grafting.

Background: Treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease with traditional single-arterial coronary artery bypass graft (SA-CABG) has been associated with superior intermediate-term survival and reintervention compared with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using either bare-metal stents (BMS) or drug-eluting stents (DES).

Objectives: This study sought to investigate longer-term outcomes including the potential added advantage of multiarterial coronary artery bypass graft (MA-CABG).

Methods: We studied 8,402 single-institution, primary revascularization, multivessel coronary artery disease patients: 2,207 BMS-PCI (age 66.

Impact of prior intracoronary stenting on late outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery in diabetics with triple-vessel disease.

Objective: Recent studies have indicated that coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) outcomes in patients with prior stents are suboptimal. We aimed to study the impact of prior percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting (PCI-S) on late CABG mortality in diabetic patients with triple-vessel disease.

Methods: We reviewed the primary nonemergency CABG experience from a single U.