Spontaneous restoration of patency in the free gastroepiploic artery graft: the living transplanted vascular system for coronary revascularization.
We report an incidence of coronary revascularization with the gastroepiploic artery in which angiography demonstrated patency at 1 month, severe narrowing at 1 year, and restoration of patency associated with progression of proximal coronary disease at 8 years. This report documents the reversibility of the free gastroepiploic artery.
Eda
Tadahito
T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Aichi Prefectual Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Aichi, Japan. cdb57810@hkg.odn.ne.jp
Matuura
Akio
A
Miyahara
Ken
K
Takemura
Haruki
H
Sawaki
Sadanari
S
Yoshioka
Teruaki
T
Yoshida
Naoki
N
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D024405:Gastroepiploic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014654:Vascular Patency