No effect of saphenous intimal thickness on patency of aorta-coronary bypass grafts.
Forty-two of 261 aorta-coronary saphenous vein bypass grafts had closed by 8 +/- 7 months postoperatively. The average preoperative intimal thickness of the nonpatent bypass grafts (158 +/- 132 microns) was nearly identical to that of the patent grafts (160 +/- 133 microns).
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*