PMID- 6608326
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19840406
LR  - 20190628
IS  - 0003-4975 (Print)
IS  - 0003-4975 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 3
DP  - 1984 Mar
TI  - Upper extremity vein graft for aortocoronary bypass.
PG  - 218-21
AB  - Twenty-four autologous vein grafts taken from the upper extremities were used in 
      13 patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass procedures. All of these patients had 
      had previous bilateral saphenous vein stripping. Clinical follow-up between 3 
      months and 6 1/2 years is reported. Ten patients were recatheterized. There was 
      neither operative mortality nor appreciable morbidity. All the patients are alive 
      and well at the present time. Eleven out of 13 were in New York Heart Association 
      (NYHA) Class I 3 months after operation. Nine patent grafts out of 10 were seen 
      during recatheterization in 6 patients studied less than 9 months after 
      operation. In a subgroup of 5 patients followed for more than 1 year, 2 are now 
      in NYHA Functional Class I, 2 in Class II, and 1 in Class III. Graft patency had 
      been determined in 4 of these patients. Five grafts out of 8 were patent, 2 of 
      them with gross abnormalities. In conclusion, we have some reservations about the 
      long-term fate of these grafts.
FAU - Prieto, I
AU  - Prieto I
FAU - Basile, F
AU  - Basile F
FAU - Abdulnour, E
AU  - Abdulnour E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Ann Thorac Surg
JT  - The Annals of thoracic surgery
JID - 15030100R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Arm/*blood supply
MH  - Coronary Artery Bypass/*methods
MH  - Coronary Disease/classification/*surgery
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Veins/*transplantation
EDAT- 1984/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 1984/03/01 00:01
CRDT- 1984/03/01 00:00
PHST- 1984/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1984/03/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1984/03/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0003-4975(10)60327-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)60327-x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Thorac Surg. 1984 Mar;37(3):218-21. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)60327-x.