Myocardial revascularization: Arterial and venous implants

Triple and double arterial implantation for myocardial revascularization.

A technic was developed using a median sternotomy approach, by which triple or double arterial implantation in the myocardium might he carried out, using the right and left internal mammary arteries and the gastroepiploic artery. Triple or double arterial implantations were performed in 32 patients, two of whom died in the ;ostoperative period. Over 90 per cent of the remaining patients have be...

Total arterial myocardial revascularization: analysis of initial experience.

BACKGROUND Total arterial myocardial revascularization is an attempt to overcome the problems of late vein graft atherosclerosis, occlusion and need for coronary re-operations. Despite increasing evidence of efficacy, the use of arterial conduits has not been accepted as a primary practice in most of the centers in Pakistan for various reasons. We analyze our initial experience to assess the fe...

Quinidine: arterial, venous, coronary sinus and myocardial concentrations.

Myocardial revascularization.

Ventricular Arrhythmias and Myocardial Revascularization

Ventricular arrhythmias are closely associated with myocardial ischemia and its sequelae. Acute ischemia frequently leads to ventricular fibrillation (Vfib) and to sudden cardiac death. As well, chronic ischemia, if presented as ischemic cardiomyopathy with restricted left ventricular function, is prone to the risk of Vfib. In contrast, scar formation after myocardial infarction leads to reentr...