Free right internal thoracic artery graft versus radial artery during total arterial revascularization off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Truly superior?

摘要

Although in their recent article Navia and colleagues concluded that their study provided evidence for the superiority of the free right internal thoracic artery (RITA) graft compared with the radial artery (RA) during total arterial revascularization off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, their data do not support this sweeping conclusion. In fact, their study showed no differences in operative mortality, perioperative complication rates, and intermediate Kaplan Meier-survivals between the propensity matched RITA and RA groups.