title: [The clinical diagnosis of aorto-coronary bypass occlusion (author's transl)].
abstract: The clinical profile of aorto-coronary bypass occlusion was drawn from a study of 49 patients with 56 occluded bypasses and 69 patients with 123 patent bypasses. All patients had undergone postoperative coronary arteriography or post-mortem examination. An anatomical cause of occlusion was retrospectively detected on the basis of pre-operative arteriographic findings or operation records in 82% of the cases, and on account of post-operative myocardial infraction (particularly significant when of late occurrence), residual angina and positive exercise tolerance test in 35%, 55% and 40% respectively of the cases. The last three criteria are of absolute diagnostic value when the arterial defects have been fully corrected by surgery.
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Le diagnostic clinique d'occlusion des pontages aorto-coronaires.