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01.03.2015 | Current Topics Review Article
Intraoperative graft assessment during coronary artery bypass surgery
verfasst von:
Toshihiro Fukui
Erschienen in:
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Ausgabe 3/2015
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Abstract
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is an established revascularization method for treating multivessel coronary artery disease. The goal of CABG is to achieve complete revascularization with a durable, patent graft without reintervention. However, early graft failure, including that associated with technical errors, has been reported. This makes intraoperative verification of graft patency one of the most important ways in which surgeons can reduce the rate of early graft failure. Conventional angiography is considered the gold standard for graft assessment. However, because it is invasive and inconvenient, several alternatives to intraoperative graft assessment have become available that help reduce early graft failure by allowing revision of the anastomosis intraoperatively. The aim of this article is to review the advantages and disadvantages of several intraoperative graft assessment methods for CABG.