title: [Non-selective digital subtraction angiography of aortocoronary bypasses].
abstract: Intra-arterial DSA was performed on 225 patients with a total of 552 coronary bypasses (515 aorto-coronary venous bypasses and 37 internal mammary artery bypasses). Four hundred and ninety-five bypasses were examined in the four weeks following surgery; of these, 428 (85.9%) were patent. Demonstration of the distal anastomosis was obtained in 40.4% of bypasses of the right anterior interventricular artery and in 36.1% of the right coronary artery, at least in their proximal parts. Bypasses of smaller branches showed filling in 12.8 to 19.2%. Because of the unsatisfactory demonstration of distal vessels by non-selective intra-arterial DSA, this method is suitable only for showing the patency of a bypass in the postoperative phase, but should not be used for investigating cardiac signs and symptoms following a bypass examination.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steudel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schüller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Nicht-selektive digitale Subtraktionsangiographie aortokoronarer Bypasses.