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Despite increasing evidence, the use of arterial conduits has not been accepted as a primary practice in most of the centres in the UK for various reasons. A series of patients has been analysed to assess the feasibility of total arterial revascularisation as a primary strategy in patients requiring first time CABG.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Altogether 245 patients undergoing first time CABG by one surgeon, from June 1999 to October 2000, were studied. Group 1 consisted of 165 patients undergoing total arterial revascularisation (using bilateral internal thoracic and radial arteries) and group 2 consisted of 80 patients undergoing conventional CABG (using one internal thoracic artery and supplemental veins). Thirty day mortality and early morbidity with particular reference to resternotomy for bleeding, cerebrovascular accidents, renal failure, and sternal dehiscence were the main outcome measures.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Patients in group 1 were younger (mean (SD) 60 (10) v 65 (9) years; p&amp;lt;0.001), had lower Parsonnet scores (mean (SD) 5 (5) v 11 (7); p&amp;lt;0.001), and better left ventricular function. Both groups received a similar number of grafts. The percentage of patients undergoing total arterial revascularisation rose from 44% in the first three months to over 75% in the three latter three month periods. Overall 30 day mortality was 1.3%, one patient (0.6%) in group 1 and two patients (2.5%) in group 2. There was a similar incidence of postoperative complications and length of median postoperative stay in both groups.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Total arterial revascularisation can be adopted as a primary strategy in most patients undergoing CABG with no increase in mortality or morbidity.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/pmj.79.927.43","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2003,2,3]],"date-time":"2003-02-03T21:25:41Z","timestamp":1044307541000},"page":"43-48","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Total arterial revascularisation as a primary strategy for coronary artery bypass grafting"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"79","author":[{"given":"M J","family":"Naik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Y","family":"Abu-Omar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Alvi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"N","family":"Wright","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Henderson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"K","family":"Channon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J C","family":"Forfar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"D P","family":"Taggart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2003,1,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023042409325827300_R1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"563","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(94)91963-1","article-title":"Effect of coronary artery bypass graft surgery on survival: overview of 10-year results from randomized trials by the Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Trialists Collaboration.","volume":"344","author":"Yusuf","year":"1994","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"2023042409325827300_R2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM198601023140101","article-title":"Influence of the internal thoracic artery graft on 10-year survival and other cardiac events.","volume":"314","author":"Loop","year":"1986","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"2023042409325827300_R3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"216","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199601253340402","article-title":"Coronary bypass surgery with internal-thoracic-artery grafts: effects on survival over a 15-year period.","volume":"334","author":"Cameron","year":"1996","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"2023042409325827300_R4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"616","DOI":"10.1016\/0735-1097(96)00206-9","article-title":"Coronary bypass graft fate and patient outcome: angiographic follow-up of 5,065 grafts related to survival in reoperation in 1,388 patients during 25 years.","volume":"28","author":"Fitzgibbon","year":"1996","journal-title":"J Am Coll Cardiol"},{"key":"2023042409325827300_R5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1464","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.100.13.1464","article-title":"ACC\/AHA guidelines for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: executive summary and recommendations. 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