Injury to Internal Thoracic Artery to Left Anterior Descending Artery Grafts in Cardiac Reoperations

Joshua E Insler; Richard A E Ramsingh; Jules J Bakhos; Penny L Houghtaling; Marijan Koprivanac; Lars G Svensson; Eugene H Blackstone; Faisal G Bakaeen

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4952

Injury to Internal Thoracic Artery to Left Anterior Descending Artery Grafts in Cardiac Reoperations

JAMA Surg. 2024 Dec 11. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4952. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Joshua E Insler¹, Richard A E Ramsingh¹, Jules J Bakhos¹, Penny L Houghtaling², Marijan Koprivanac¹, Lars G Svensson¹, Eugene H Blackstone², Faisal G Bakaeen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 39661360
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4952

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Plain language summary

This case series examines experiences and outcomes associated cardiac reoperations with preexisting internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery grafts.