title: Long-term patency of polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts in coronary artery surgery.
abstract: Patients undergoing coronary revascularization may not have suitable autologous vessels for coronary artery grafting and therefore may need vascular prostheses. We present a case report of a patient undergoing coronary artery bypass with polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts. Follow-up has been 53 months, and the grafts remain patent.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene