Long‐Term Patency of Cephalic Vein in Coronary Bypass Surgery

In the situation where the saphenous veins were unavailable, cephalic vein was the second choice in the beginning of 1980s. The routine use of saphenous vein and recent enthusiasm for arterial surgical myocardial revascularization lead to less attention on this conduit. We reported a patient undergo...

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Published inJournal of cardiac surgery Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 370 - 372
Main Authors Tjang, Yanto Sandy, Hornik, Lech, Seifert, Dirk, Körfer, Reiner
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.07.2008
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Aged
Arm - blood supply
Coronary Artery Bypass
Humans
Male
Reoperation
Vascular Patency
Veins - transplantation
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Summary:In the situation where the saphenous veins were unavailable, cephalic vein was the second choice in the beginning of 1980s. The routine use of saphenous vein and recent enthusiasm for arterial surgical myocardial revascularization lead to less attention on this conduit. We reported a patient undergoing redo coronary bypass surgery after 18 years of having cephalic vein grafts.
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ISSN:0886-0440
1540-8191
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00532.x