Short-term assessment of radial artery grafts with multidetector computed tomography

Table 3 Patency comparison of the RA and non-RA grafts

Target	Graft	Results	N patent	% patent	p value
IM
	RA	2	1	50.0%	NA
	LIMA	2	1	50.0%	1
	SVG	1	1	100.0%	1
D
	RA	10	9	90.0%	NA
	SVG	10	8	80.0%	1
	DLCFA	7	5	71.4%	0.537
	LIMA	4	4	100.0%	1
OM
	RA	17	15	88.2%	NA
	SVG	10	9	90.0%	1
	DLCFA	8	6	75.0%	0.57
PDA
	RA	15	12	80.0%	NA
	SVG	12	9	75.0%	1
	RIMA	4	3	75.0%	1
	DLCFA	1	1	100.0%	1
RCA
	RA	1	1	100.0%	NA
	RIMA	1	1	100.0%	1

IM Intermediate branch, D Diagonal branch, OM Obtuse marginal branch, PDA Posterior descending artery, RCA Right coronary artery, RA Radial artery, LIMA Left internal mammary artery, SVG Saphenous vein graft, RIMA Right internal mammary artery, DLCFA Descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery, NA Non-available, p value indicates the patency difference between the RA and non-RA grafts

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