TY - JOUR AU - Khan, Ghufranullah AU - Hassan, Sulaiman B PY - 2011/09/06 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Early Experience with Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 11 IS - 2 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/586 SP - AB - <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="446"><colgroup span="1"><col span="1" width="446"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr height="238"><td class="xl65" width="446" height="238">We carried out first bilateral internal mammary artery grafting in March 93 and ever since the number of patients receiving bilateral internal mammary artery grafts has constantly grown. This study is a review of first 10 patients who were operated between March 93 to August 95. Age ranged froom 35 - 47 and the median age was 45  diabetes were excluded. All the operations were elective in nature. All patients received additional saphenous vein grafts. 3 patients had sequential LIMA grafts constructed between diagonal and LAD. There was no mortality and 8 patients made uneventful recovery. One patients developed perioperative MI and required balloon pump support, and two required reopening . None of the patients requried inotropic support. No sternal wound problems occured. In conclusion bilateral internal mammary artery grafting does not increase surgical risk and wound infection is not a problem if diabetics are excluded.</td></tr></tbody></table> ER -