128-Slice CT in the Assessment of Saphenous Vein Grafts at Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Reoperations for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are increasing. The general rule of replacing all saphenous vein grafts older than five years of age at the time of reoperation is still an object of discussion. We report here the clinical usefulness of the new 128‐slice computed tomographic s...

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Published inJournal of cardiac surgery Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 464 - 465
Main Authors Strecker, Thomas, Kondruweit, Markus, Weyand, Michael, Ropers, Dieter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.07.2009
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Aged
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis
Humans
Male
Mammary Arteries - transplantation
Reoperation
Saphenous Vein - diagnostic imaging
Saphenous Vein - transplantation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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ISSN0886-0440
1540-8191
1540-8191
DOI10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00765.x

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Summary:Reoperations for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are increasing. The general rule of replacing all saphenous vein grafts older than five years of age at the time of reoperation is still an object of discussion. We report here the clinical usefulness of the new 128‐slice computed tomographic scan to detect or rule out coronary artery disease in a 79‐year‐old patient who had undergone CABG 22 years before.
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ISSN:0886-0440
1540-8191
1540-8191
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00765.x