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Background

TRAINING
Duke University, Dr. David C. Sabiston
University of Alabama, Dr. John. W. Kirklin

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Duke University, 1981 - 1990
UC San Francisco, 1990 - 1993
Vanderbilt University, 1993 - present

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery

ORGANIZATIONS
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Society of Heart Valve Disease
American College of Surgeons
Sabiston Surgical Society

 

All-Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass

http://www.jsrmd.com/ftp/73_HIMA.m4v

RIMA to LAD
LIMA to CCX
RA to RCA

LIMA to LAD
RA to CCX
RIMA to RCA

Grafting all coronaries with multiple internal mammary artery and radial artery grafts improves late results by better graft patency. Current CABG operative mortality is 0%. Greater than 75% of patients receive all-arterial grafts. All late outcomes are better with arterial grafts.


Rankin et al. Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1549-55