Composite LITA-RITA-Y ("LIMA-RIMA-Y") graft configuration for coronary artery bypass grafting

Daniel Thuijs; Andras Durko; Edris Mahtab; Ad Bogers

doi:10.1510/mmcts.2018.034

Composite LITA-RITA-Y ("LIMA-RIMA-Y") graft configuration for coronary artery bypass grafting

Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Dec 21:2018. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2018.034.

Authors

Daniel Thuijs¹, Andras Durko², Edris Mahtab³, Ad Bogers³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Erasmus University Medical Center, 's-Gravendijkwal 230 Rotterdam 3015CE The Netherlands.
² Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Erasmus University Medical Center 's-Gravendijkwal 230 Rotterdam 3015CE The Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam The Netherlands.

PMID: 30667183
DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2018.034

Abstract

This Core Skills tutorial elucidates the principal surgical techniques of constructing a composite Y-graft, using the left internal thoracic artery and the right internal thoracic artery, for on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

Publication types

Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
Humans
Mammary Arteries / transplantation*