Superiority of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in long-term survival after coronary artery bypass through the lenses of a bedside risk score

Risk algorithms for the prediction of long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) do not include the use of bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) grafting among the independent predictors. We sought to reveal the superiority of BITA grafting in the long-term outcome through the lenses of an existing bedside risk score (BRS).This study analyzed data from 5,666 consecutive patients undergoing isolated (n = 4,715 - BITA =...