Early and mid-term angiographic assessment of internal thoracic artery grafts anastomosed to non-stenotic left anterior descending coronary arteries

Abstract

Background: Mild to moderately stenotic coronary arteries present a major problem as the progression of atherosclerosis is unpredictable. In addition, residual flow from the native Coronary artery has been Proposed as a mechanism that reduces blood flow in bypass grafts resulting in failure of the graft.