Intraoperative graft assessment and imaging of native coronary arteries.
Gabriele Di GiammarcoDaniele MarinelliPublished in: Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2018)
The evaluation of native coronary arteries in cardiac surgery represents a useful tool to detect coronary artery stenosis, identify the target artery, and choose the best anastomotic site. Intraoperative graft assessment is a fundamental step of coronary artery bypass grafting. It is able to reduce graft failure related to technical error, improving both short- and long-term outcome of patients submitted to surgical myocardial revascularization. Herein procedures of graft assessment are described, reporting their strengths and limitations.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary artery
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- heart failure
- aortic stenosis
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- left ventricular
- rectal cancer
- adverse drug
- acute coronary syndrome
- aortic valve
- drug induced