title: [Clinical observations and angiographic findings before and after aortocoronary benous bypass grafting (author's transl)].
abstract: 37 patients (mean age 51 +/- 8 years) were investigated clinically, mechanocardiographically and angiocardiographically before and 336 +/- 166 days after implantation of an aortocoronary vein graft. The bypass patency rate was 78%. Postoperatively 57% of the patients were free of symptoms, 35% were improved and 8% unimproved or worse. The postoperative incidence of angina pectoris during exercise testing was significantly lower in the groups with an improved vascularization-index, open vein grafts and a lack of preoperative myocardial infarction. For separating the patients only the vascularization-index and the bypass patency seem to be of value.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000601:surgery; D000790:Angiocardiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D011182:Postoperative Care
vernacular_title: Klinische befunde und koronarmorphologie vor und nach aortokoronarem venen-bypass