Survival, incidence of cardiac events, and angiographic patency in the early and late phases are similar for bilateral internal thoracic arteries used either in situ or as Y grafts. However, Y grafting with bilateral internal thoracic arteries increases the number of anastomoses per bilateral thoracic artery, as well as the flexibility of the right internal thoracic artery.
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