title: Detection of coronary artery bypass graft patency as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: In a study of 22 patients with 60 coronary artery bypass grafts, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) correctly assessed graft patency or occlusion in 90% of cases when compared with selective coronary graft angiography and computed tomography. It is concluded that MRI can detect a normally functioning coronary artery bypass graft and could be used as a non-invasive technique to assess graft patency in patients presenting with post-operative angina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Manchester.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Isherwood
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rowlands
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001027:Aortography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014654:Vascular Patency