We compared patients who received an internal-mammary-artery graft to the anterior descending
coronary artery alone or combined with one or more saphenous-vein grafts (n = 2306) …

Objective: Does the use of bilateral internal thoracic artery (ITA) grafts provide incremental
benefit relative to the use of a single ITA graft? Methods: We conducted a retrospective, …

Serial arteriograms were obtained in 501 patients after coronary bypass grafting. Study I
within 5 years of operation (mean interval 15 months) and Study II more than 5 years after (…

OBJECTIVES: To compare durability of tricuspid valve annuloplasty techniques, identify risk
factors for repair failure, and characterize survival, reoperation, and functional class of …

Objective: Our objective was to quantify incremental risk associated with transfusion of
packed red blood cells and other blood components on morbidity after coronary artery bypass …

OBJECTIVES: We sought to characterize the temporal return of mitral regurgitation after
annuloplasty for functional ischemic mitral regurgitation; to identify its predictors, particularly with …

… Cosgrove III, MD, and Joseph F. Sabik, MD … Address reprint requests to Dr Cosgrove,
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeD', The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 …

Background:Degenerative mitral valve disease is the most common cause of mitral regurgitation
in the United States. Mitral valve repair is applicable in the majority of these patients …

Objective: This study was undertaken to compare mitral valve repair and replacement as
treatments for ischemic mitral regurgitation. Methods: From 1985 through 1997, a total of 482 …

BACKGROUND: To compare survival of patients receiving bilateral internal thoracic artery
grafts and single internal thoracic artery grafts more than 20 postoperative years, assess …