title: [Early postoperative control of internal thoracic artery-coronary artery anastomoses using intra-arterial DSA].
abstract: Early postoperative angiographic control is important for prognosis and medical therapy for patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. Grafts from the internal mammary artery had been shown to be superior to venous bypasses for anastomoses to the left anterior descending coronary artery. Thus, the need for angiographic demonstration of graft patency and function is increasing. We report on the angiographic analyses of 73 patients after left internal mammary artery (LIMA) bypass surgery by filling of the graft via retrograde injection of contrast medium into the left brachial artery. In all cases the bypass, anastomosis and downstream vessel were clearly visualised. No complications or side effects were observed.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Freiburg.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hauenstein
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schlosser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spillner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wenz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D013382:Subtraction Technique
vernacular_title: Frühe postoperative Kontrolle von Arteria-thoracica-interna-Anastomosen mit Koronararterien durch intraarterielle DSA.