A technique for evaluating competitive flow for intraoperative decision making in coronary artery surgery.
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.
Bolotin
Gil
G
Department of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. boloting@mail.ecu.edu
Kypson
Alan P
AP
Nifong
L Wiley
LW
Chitwood
W Randolph
WR
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