[Indications for mammary-coronary anastomosis in the treatment of ischemic heart disease].

Anatomo-morphologic and clinico-angiographic peculiarities of the internal thoracic arteries have been considered in the article. The assessment of these arteries is of great importance for defining the indications for the use of these vessels in revascularization of the myocardium. It has been found that mammary-coronary anastomosis is indicated for the patients at the age up to 55, and the branches of the left coronary artery are the most suitable for direct mammary-coronary anastomosis.