IN-VIVO ASSESSMENT BY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AT ENLARGEMENT IN SAPHENOUS-VEIN BYPASS GRAFTS

Authors
MENDELSOHN FO FOSTER GP PALACIOS IF WEYMAN AE WEISSMAN NJ
Citation
Fo. Mendelsohn et al., IN-VIVO ASSESSMENT BY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AT ENLARGEMENT IN SAPHENOUS-VEIN BYPASS GRAFTS, The American journal of cardiology, 76(14), 1995, pp. 1066
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
76
Issue
14
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1995)76:14<1066:IABIUA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Focal compensatory enlargement of an artery has been described, but th e response to progressive atherosclerosis in saphenous vein bypass gra fts is unknown, Intravascular ultrasound performed in 19 patients havi ng 24 discrete saphenous vein graft stenoses demonstrates that veins u sed as arterial conduits exhibit focal enlargement of their vessel are a in response to progressive atherosclerosis similar to that observed in coronary arteries.