title: A technique for evaluating competitive flow for intraoperative decision making in coronary artery surgery.
abstract: The effect of native coronary competitive flow on the patency of arterial and saphenous vein grafts is controversial. We use a simple intraoperative technique to evaluate competitive flow that allows us to make informed intraoperative decisions regarding anastomotic quality, vessel runoff, and competing native coronary blood flow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. boloting@mail.ecu.edu
authors.forename: Gil
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bolotin
authors.forename: Alan P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kypson
authors.forename: L Wiley
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Nifong
authors.forename: W Randolph
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Chitwood
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged