{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,15]],"date-time":"2026-05-15T01:10:55Z","timestamp":1778807455878,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":25,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","issue":"6","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,1]],"date-time":"2021-06-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1622505600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,1]],"date-time":"2021-06-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1622505600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["annalsthoracicsurgery.org","clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.com.au","clinicalkey.es","clinicalkey.fr","clinicalkey.jp","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["The Annals of Thoracic Surgery"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,6]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,29]],"date-time":"2020-09-29T19:25:17Z","timestamp":1601407517000},"page":"1998-2003","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Is the Use of BITA vs SITA Grafting Safe and Beneficial in Octogenarians?"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"111","author":[{"given":"Dmitry","family":"Pevni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tomer","family":"Ziv-Baran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amir","family":"Kramer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ariel","family":"Farkash","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yanai","family":"Ben-Gal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"155","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijge.2012.05.002","article-title":"Coronary artery bypass in octogenarians","volume":"6","author":"Chien","year":"2012","journal-title":"Int J Gerontol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"611","DOI":"10.1097\/HCO.0b013e328358b072","article-title":"Do octogenarians benefit from coronary artery bypass surgery: a question with a rapidly changing answer?","volume":"27","author":"Kurlansky","year":"2012","journal-title":"Curr Opin Cardiol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM198807213190302","article-title":"Open-heart surgery in octogenarians","volume":"319","author":"Edmunds","year":"1988","journal-title":"N\u00a0Engl J Med"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib4","first-page":"147","article-title":"Coronary artery bypass grafting in the octogenarians: should we intervene, or leave them be?","volume":"12","author":"Ozen","year":"2015","journal-title":"J\u00a0Geriatr Cardiol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"567","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2014.09.019","article-title":"Coronary artery surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians: long-term results","volume":"99","author":"Nicolini","year":"2015","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"606","DOI":"10.1016\/S0003-4975(97)00615-2","article-title":"Cardiac operations in patients 80 years old and older","volume":"64","author":"Akins","year":"1997","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"507","DOI":"10.1093\/ejcts\/ezr300","article-title":"Improving results for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the elderly","volume":"42","author":"Yanagawa","year":"2012","journal-title":"Eur J Cardiothorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"16","DOI":"10.1016\/0003-4975(96)00252-4","article-title":"Internal thoracic artery for coronary artery grafting in octogenarians","volume":"62","author":"Morris","year":"1996","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1104","DOI":"10.1016\/S0003-4975(99)00154-X","article-title":"601 octogenarians undergoing cardiac surgery: outcome and comparison with younger age groups","volume":"67","author":"Craver","year":"1999","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1002","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2006.09.094","article-title":"Use of both internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients increases deep sternal wound infection","volume":"83","author":"Savage","year":"2007","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1291","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jvs.2006.07.040","article-title":"Age-related variations of varicose veins anatomy","volume":"44","author":"Caggiati","year":"2006","journal-title":"J\u00a0Vasc Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"947","DOI":"10.1016\/0003-4975(92)90656-O","article-title":"Considerations in the skeletonization technique of internal thoracic artery dissection","volume":"54","author":"Cunningham","year":"1992","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1348","DOI":"10.1378\/chest.123.5.1348","article-title":"Technical aspects of composite arterial grafting with double skeletonized internal thoracic arteries","volume":"123","author":"Pevni","year":"2003","journal-title":"Chest"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1888","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.170073","volume":"112","author":"Redford","year":"2005","journal-title":"Circulation"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"935","DOI":"10.1093\/ejcts\/ezz094","article-title":"Are two internal thoracic grafts better than one? An analysis of 5301 cases","volume":"56","author":"Pevni","year":"2019","journal-title":"Eur J Cardiothorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"870","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(01)06069-X","article-title":"Effect of arterial revascularisation on survival: a systematic review of studies comparing bilateral and single internal mammary arteries","volume":"358","author":"Taggart","year":"2001","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"855","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-5223(99)70365-X","article-title":"Two internal thoracic artery grafts are better than one","volume":"117","author":"Lytle","year":"1999","journal-title":"J\u00a0Thorac Cardiovasc Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib18","first-page":"7","article-title":"2011 ACCF\/AHA guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation\/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines","volume":"124","author":"Hillis","year":"2011","journal-title":"Circulation"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"273","DOI":"10.1053\/j.semtcvs.2017.05.018","article-title":"Worldwide trends in multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting surgery 2004-2014: a tale of 2 continents","volume":"29","author":"Schwann","year":"2017","journal-title":"Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1200","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-5223(96)70222-2","article-title":"Risk factors for deep sternal wound infection after sternotomy: a prospective, multicenter study","volume":"111","year":"1996","journal-title":"J\u00a0Thorac Cardiovasc Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"163","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijsu.2015.01.008","article-title":"Are two really always better than one? Results, concerns and controversies in the use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries for coronary artery bypass grafting in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"16","author":"Deo","year":"2015","journal-title":"Int J Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"702","DOI":"10.1007\/s00380-015-0675-z","article-title":"Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in octogenarians: where are the benefits?","volume":"31","author":"Gatti","year":"2016","journal-title":"Heart Vessels"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1269","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2011.05.083","article-title":"Outcomes associated with bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: the importance of age","volume":"92","author":"Kieser","year":"2011","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"452","DOI":"10.5761\/atcs.oa.14-00305","article-title":"Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: is it reasonable in octogenarians?","volume":"21","author":"Hashimoto","year":"2015","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041_bib25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"862","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2012.11.068","article-title":"Bilateral internal thoracic artery harvest and deep sternal wound infection in diabetic patients","volume":"95","author":"Deo","year":"2013","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"}],"container-title":["The Annals of Thoracic Surgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S000349752031554X?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S000349752031554X?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,13]],"date-time":"2025-09-13T04:08:41Z","timestamp":1757736521000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S000349752031554X"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,6]]},"references-count":25,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,6]]}},"alternative-id":["S000349752031554X"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041","relation":{},"ISSN":["0003-4975"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0003-4975","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,6]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Is the Use of BITA vs SITA Grafting Safe and Beneficial in Octogenarians?","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"The Annals of Thoracic Surgery","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.07.041","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2021 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Published by Elsevier","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}]}}