Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Chronic Kidney Disease Has an Independent Adverse Effect on the Long-Term Outcome of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

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Postoperative Graft Imaging. (a) A 64-year-old woman with a 4-year history of hemodialysis due to nephrosclerosis underwent coronary artery bypass grafting for the circumflex artery using the in -situ right internal thoracic artery. Computed tomography angiography performed at 3 years postoperatively showed excellent graft patency. LITA: left internal thoracic artery (white arrow, (a)); LAD: left anterior descending artery (red arrow, (a)); RITA: right internal thoracic artery (yellow arrow, (a)); and RCA: obtuse marginal branch in the left circumflex branch (black arrow, (a)). (b) A 64-year-old woman with a 10-year history of hemodialysis due to diabetic nephropathy had undergone CABG surgery 1 year prior. Her ECG-gated 3D-CT findings were used to visualize the good patent grafts. LITA: left internal thoracic artery (white arrow, (b)); LAD: left anterior descending artery (red arrow, (b)); RITA: right internal thoracic artery (yellow arrow, (b)); and RCA: right coronary artery (blue arrow, (b)).

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