[Computer-assisted reconstruction of coronary vessels].
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.
Kayhan
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Universität Heidelberg, Deutschland. Nalan.Kayhan@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Krempien
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Harms
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Wannenmacher
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Hagl
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Vahl
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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