COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SKELETONIZED AND PEDICLED LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY GRAFTS IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY WITH RESPECT TO CLINICAL OUTCOMES.

DR G PRAVEEN PRABU; DR MINNATHULLAH

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SKELETONIZED AND PEDICLED LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY GRAFTS IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY WITH RESPECT TO CLINICAL OUTCOMES.

Dr G Praveen Prabu, Dr Minnathullah

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION: Coronary artery bypass grafting is the most commonly performed cardiac surgical procedure worldwide. There had been various prospective and retrospective studies comp� the long term patency of grafting following CABG with skeletonized and pedicled LIMA . AIM: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SKELETONIZED AND PEDICLED LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY GRAFTS IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY WITH RESPECT TO CLINICAL OUTCOMES MATERIALS AND METHODS: Study area,Coimbatore medical college government hospital , Tamil Nadu, India. A total of 100 patients undergoing elective isolated coronary artery bypass grafting between AUGUST 2017 to JULY 2019 were enrolled in this study. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Pedicled LIMA group had slightly lower incidence of angina and less operating time, Sternal wound healing is better in skeletonized LIMA group .