Coronary atherosclerosis and the bypass grafts: twenty-year follow-up of a case.
A 44-year-old man was diagnosed as having coronary artery disease (CAD) by arteriography in 1964. In the subsequent 20 years, he has undergone seven angiographic studies and four coronary bypass operations. Close scrutiny of the clinical events and the angiographic studies in this patient offers important clues to the behavior of CAD and the bypass grafts, both internal mammary artery (IMA) and saphenous vein grafts (SVGs).
D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*