Survival benefit from a second arterial conduit to the circumflex circulation persists in elderly after coronary artery bypass surgery.
Suvitesh LuthraMiguel M Leiva-JuárezPietro G MalvindiJohn S BillingSunil K OhriPublished in: Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals (2021)
The survival benefit of a second arterial graft persists through all age groups with a gradual decline with increasing age over the decades. Elderly patients should not be denied a second arterial graft to the circumflex circulation based on age criterion alone.