Where will the surgeon take the tubes for bypass from?
The vein from the leg has been traditionally used for bypass surgery and has proven to be a very good conduit. However, it does develop disease with time and 30-40% will block off by 10 years. This may lead to the need for a repeat bypass operation or ,increasingly nowadays, to balloon angioplasty with stent insertion. The internal thoracic or mammary artery is taken from inside the chest wall and has the best long term patency rate of all the conduits. It has over 90% chance of staying open over 10 years and this fact has been responsible for increased survival.
Related Questions
- If both legs undergo Closure procedures and a vein is later needed for a heart bypass, would the surgeon be able to harvest another vein in lieu of the saphenous vein?
- Have improvements in myocardial protection influenced a surgeons choice of coronary artery bypass surgery?
- Have improvements in myocardial protection influenced a surgeons choice of coronary artery bypass surgery?
- Does gastric bypass surgery require frequent follow-up to my surgeon?
- Does gastric bypass surgery require frequent follow-up to my surgeon?
- Where will the surgeon take the tubes for bypass from?
