Abstract
At a time when the cardio-surgical community has become aware that arterial revascularizations are superior to venous bypasses, Gruntzig (24) initiated the now well-known, and highly successful techniques of endoluminal angioplasty (P.T.C.A.) thus leading many teams to explore non-surgical revascularizations. These fast changing events somewhat overshadowed the interest placed in arterial anastomoses in general, and in particular, in mammary-coronary anastomoses. We believe that in 1993, many centres have not used this technique to its fullest and propose to the Academie de Chirurgie a programme of operative indications reinstating mammary-coronary anastomosis to its proper place in the treatment of coronary artery disease.
Translated title of the contribution | Changes in operative indications in coronary revascularization surgery. Current role of mammary-coronary anastomoses |
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Original language | French |
Pages (from-to) | 399-403 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Chirurgie - Memoires de l'Academie de Chirurgie |
Volume | 119 |
Issue number | 8 |
State | Published - 1993 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Surgery