title: Coronary arterial morphology 10 years after "endarterectomy".
abstract: Little information is available regarding coronary artery morphology after endarterectomy. In this report, we describe coronary artery morphology seen at necropsy 10 years after coronary artery endarterectomy and compare it with the morphology of the original endarterectomy specimen. Surprisingly, in some areas, all of the internal elastic membrane and most of the media were observed in the "endarterectomy" specimen.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kragel
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors