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Table 3 The blood flow parameters of LIMA and RIMA

From: Use of the right internal mammary artery and the great saphenous vein for left anterior descending artery revascularization in patients whose left internal mammal artery cannot be used: a study based on transit-time flow measurement

Items

Group A

Group B

P

 

Preoperative LIMA

Preoperative RIMA

 

 PI

4.13 ± 1.36

3.97 ± 1.20

0.002

 MGF (ml/min)

16.48 ± 7.13

18.68 ± 8.75

0.000

 Diameters (mm)

1.96 ± 0.17

1.97 ± 0.19

0.008

 

Preoperative LIMA

Intraoperative LIMA

 

 PI

4.134 ± 1.36

2.65 ± 1.01

0.000

 MGF (ml/min)

16.48 ± 7.13

29.71 ± 20.94

0.000

 

Preoperative RIMA

Intraoperative RIMA

 

 PI

3.97 ± 1.20

2.56 ± 0.96

0.000

 MGF (ml/min)

18.68 ± 8.75

29.03 ± 22.73

0.011

  1. LIMA Left internal mammary artery, SVG Great saphenous vein, RIMA Right internal mammary artery, MGF Mean graft flow, PI Pulse index, DF Diastolic flow fraction