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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 11, 1086-1092, Copyright © 1997 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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ITA versus SVG: a comparison of instantaneous pressure and flow dynamics during competitive flow

S Pagni, J Storey, J Ballen, W Montgomery, BY Chiang, S Etoch and PA Spence
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, KY 40202, USA.

OBJECTIVE: Competitive flow from patent native coronary vessels is implicated in the failure of internal thoracic artery (ITA) grafts, but it is not thought to affect saphenous vein graft (SVG) patency. This study examines instantaneous pressure and flow dynamics in left ITA and SVG grafts in competition with a patent left anterior descending (LAD) artery. METHODS: SVG (3.0-4.0 mm) and ITA (1.5-2.0 mm) to proximal LAD (2.5-3.0 mm) coronary bypass was performed in 10 mongrel dogs. Flow and pressure were measured in the occluded (No Competition) and opened (Competition) ITA, SVG and LAD. RESULTS: The ITA and SVG, when each was the sole inflow to the LAD, provided similar flow as the native LAD. During competitive flow, total LAD flow was preserved and flow in the ITA and SVG were reduced (8.20 +/- 1.25 and 10.00 +/- 1.73 ml/min; P < 0.005). SVG diastolic flow was reduced to 11.52 +/- 2.17 ml min (55.5%); P < 0.003. Flow in the SVG remained predominantly antegrade. In contrast, ITA diastolic flow was reduced more drastically, to 5.37 +/- 1.25 ml/min (80.7%); P < 0.0001. When the ITA was the only inflow to the LAD, there was delay in the LAD pressure wave. This delay disappears during competition due to the large, systolic retrograde flow up the ITA. CONCLUSION: The ITA, compared to the SVG, is a longer and narrower conduit with lower levels of flow during competition. Due to a delay in the pressure wave, the ITA flow is retrograde during early systole. Low levels of flow, with a markedly decreased diastolic phase, and the oscillating pattern in systole (retrograde/antegrade) may be poorly tolerated by the ITA endothelium and lead to graft deterioration.


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