title: [Computer-assisted reconstruction of coronary vessels].
abstract: End stage coronary artery disease with linear stenosis of the main vessels despite several coronary interventions is a current challenge for surgical treatment. As the long term results are mainly determined by the pathology of the coronary vessels a simple revascularisation with arterial or venous grafts provides no adequate solution of the problem. An exactly controlled 3D-reconstruction of the coronary vessels enabling selective thrombendarteriectomy (TEA) seems to be a new approach, that may be limited by neointimal hyperproliferation of the coronary vessels. Intraoperative brachytherapy may be a tool to inhibit this process.
authors.affiliation: Universität Heidelberg, Deutschland. Nalan.Kayhan@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kayhan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krempien
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Harms
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wannenmacher
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagl
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Vahl
mesh_terms: D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed