Antonopoulos, Alexios S Odutayo, Ayodele Oikonomou, Evangelos K Trivella, Marialena Petrou, Mario Collins, Gary S Antoniades, Charalambos
Published in
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Early saphenous vein graft (SVG) occlusion is typically attributed to technical factors. We aimed at exploring clinical, anatomical, and operative factors associated with the risk of early SVG occlusion (within 12 months postsurgery). Published literature in MEDLINE was searched for studies reporting the incidence of early SVG occlusion. Individual...
Tsiafoutis, Ioannis Liontou, Catherine Antonakopoulos, Athanasios Katsanou, Konstantina Koutouzis, Michael Katsivas, Apostolos
Published in
The Journal of invasive cardiology
Based on the patient's symptoms and examination, a decision was made to recanalize his totally occluded RCA via retrograde approach through the SVG to the OM. Due to inadequate visualization of the epicardial collaterals and distal RCA via SVG, triple-access was used and injection via left main. In selected CTO cases, triple access may facilitate t...
Yeo, Keong Keong Azarbal, Farnaz Zakroysky, Pearl Dai, David Roe, Matthew Wojdyla, Daniel Low, Reginald Shunk, Kendrick
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The Journal of invasive cardiology
Limited studies of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft exist. We compared outcomes of different bypass grafts to the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. Participants ≥65 years old in the CathPCI Registry who underwent PCI of a bypass graft to the LAD between 2009 and 2014 were includ...
Wańha, Wojciech Mielczarek, Maksymilian Gilis-Malinowska, Natasza Roleder, Tomasz Milewski, Marek Ładziński, Szymon Ciećwierz, Dariusz Gąsior, Paweł Pawłowski, Tomasz Januszek, Rafał
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Published in
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Background : Evidence concerning the efficacy of the embolic protection devices (EPDs) in saphenous vein graft (SVG) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is sparse. The study was designed to compare major cardiovascular events of all-comer population of SVG PCI with and without EPDs at one year of follow-up. Methods and results : A multi-center...
Yang, Qi Lei, Dong Huang, Shixing Yang, Yi Yang, Yang Ye, Xiaofeng You, Zhengwei Zhao, Qiang
Published in
Annals of Translational Medicine
Background The poor long-term patency ratio of vein grafts prevents patients from benefiting from coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). It is reported that external venous stents have notably improved the patency ratio of stented vein grafts in animal models. The most crucial influence on stented grafts’ fate is the size of the stents. This study ai...
Pettersen, Øystein Pociask, Elżbieta Malinowski, Krzysztof P Slezak, Magdalena Hegbom, Knut Wiseth, Rune Nordhaug, Dag Ole
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Cardiology journal
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imaging modality able to provide near-histological images of vessel walls making it possible to distinguish intima and media layers of the vessel wall separately. The use of this imaging technique is increasing while data on the variability and reliability is lacking. The aim of this study was...
Hachinohe, Daisuke Latib, Azeem Laricchia, Alessandra Iannopollo, Gianmarco Demir, Ozan M Ancona, Marco B Mangieri, Antonio Regazzoli, Damiano Giannini, Francesco Azzalini, Lorenzo
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Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
The aims of this study were to evaluate the long-term clinical outcomes after coronary covered stent (CS) implantation and to compare the results according to the indications. To date, data on the long-term follow-up of coronary CS are limited, and no studies have been conducted to compare outcomes on the basis of specific lesions treated. A total ...
El-Kurdi, Mohammed Soletti, Lorenzo McGrath, Jonathan Linhares, Stephen Rousselle, Serge Greisler, Howard Edelman, Elazer Schoen, Frederick J
Published in
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A
Saphenous vein graft (SVG) failure rates are unacceptably high, and external mechanical support may improve patency. We studied the histologic remodeling of a conformal, electrospun, polydimethylsiloxane-based polyether urethane external support device for SVGs and evaluated graft structural evolution in adult sheep to 2 years. All sheep (N = 19) s...
Hartvigson, Pehr E Velamoor, Gautam R Loggers, Elizabeth T Kim, Edward
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Cureus
Primary cardiac sarcomas (PCS) are rare and the prognosis is generally poor. Angiosarcomas are the most common cardiac sarcoma histology. The best management of PCS is poorly defined. Chronic lymphedema, foreign bodies, including Dacron grafts, and arteriovenous fistulas have been associated with angiosarcoma, and angiosarcomas arising from sapheno...
Li, Jingxing Gu, Chengxiong
Published in
Journal of Thoracic Disease
Background The use of sequential anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is still controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the mean blood flow (MBF) rate and pulsatility index (PI) of single and sequential saphenous vein grafts to the posterior descending artery (PDA) in the same patient during off-pump CABG (OPCABG). Methods Seque...
