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(Circulation. 1998;98:2043-2048.)
© 1998 American Heart Association, Inc.

Clinical Investigation and Reports

Long-Term Patency Rate of Right Internal Thoracic Artery Bypass Via the Transverse Sinus

Masashi Ura, MD; Ryuzo Sakata, MD; Yoshihiro Nakayama, MD; Yoshio Arai, MD; ; Taro Saito, MD

From the Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology (T.S.), Kumamoto Central Hospital, Kumamoto City, Japan.

Correspondence to Ryuzo Sakata, MD, Kumamoto Central Hospital, 96 Tainoshima, Tamukae-machi, Kumamoto City, 862, Japan.

Background—Although concern regarding patency and possible compromise of graft blood flow by routing the right internal thoracic artery (RITA) through the transverse sinus has been raised, little is known about long-term patency.

Methods and Results—To evaluate long-term patency of in situ RITA bypass via the transverse sinus, our first 115 patients (94 men, 21 women; mean age, 62.5 years; range, 13 to 77 years) who were alive in 1998 were enrolled for angiographic study. Only good-caliber grafts with no occlusion, string sign, or significant stenosis were considered patent. Early postoperative angiography had been performed 2 to 3 weeks after surgery in 114 patients. The early patency rates were 97.1% for RITA and 95.4% for left internal thoracic artery (LITA) grafts. Of 109 long-term survivors, 73 (67.0%) consented to have late angiographic restudy at a mean of 59 months (range, 9 to 93 months); 89.9% of RITA and 92.3% of LITA grafts were patent. Cumulative patency rates (actuarial curves) at 6 years were 89.3% (95% CI, 85% to 94%) for RITA and 94.5% (95% CI, 92% to 97%) for LITA, the differences not reaching statistical significance (multivariate Cox analysis).

Conclusions—Our study demonstrated good long-term patency of in situ RITA bypass grafting via the transverse sinus for revascularization of the circumflex and diagonal arteries and supports its continued use.

Key Words: arteries • bypass • follow-up studies • grafting • surgery

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