The biocompound method in coronary artery bypass operations: surgical technique and 3-year patency

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 70; no. 5; pp. 1536 - 1540
• Main Authors: Zurbrügg, Heinz Robert, Knollmann, Friedrich, Musci, Michele, Wied, Markus, Bauer, Matthias, Chavez, Tito, Krukenberg, Andreas, Hetzer, Roland
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2000; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; Coronary Artery Bypass - methods; Coronary Artery Bypass - mortality; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Prosthesis Design; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Survival Rate; Vascular Patency; Composite graft; Human; Prognosis; Aortocoronary; Bypass; Surgery; Homograft; Graft; Biomaterial; Internal mammary artery; Technique; Comparative study

Background. Complete arterial revascularization may be unsafe in patients with a high operative risk. In patients with varicose ectatic veins, the biocompound technique, which uses unsuitable autologous veins, enables the surgeon to influence the bypass graft wall stress levels and diameter. This re...