title: [Evaluation of the permeability of aortocoronary bypass by digital angiography].
abstract: Evaluation of coronary artery bypass graft patency by intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography was performed in 201 patients. A first group of 150 asymptomatic patients was systematically evaluated for post-operative screening 8.5 days after surgery as an immediate check on surgical results. Grafts were found occluded in 2.3%. A second group of 51 patients complaining of recurrent angina was studied 10 months (range 2 months to 9 years) after operation. Angiography revealed that 90% of grafts were patent but 8 grafts stenoses were diagnosed. In both groups, opacification of the run-off was achieved in 83%, but the quality of opacification was very low.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vandenbosch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delcour
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delatte
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Struyven
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D013997:Time Factors; D014654:Vascular Patency
vernacular_title: Evaluation de perméabilité des pontages aorto-coronariens par angiographie numérisée.