title: Spontaneous restoration of patency in the free gastroepiploic artery graft: the living transplanted vascular system for coronary revascularization.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Aichi Prefectual Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Aichi, Japan. cdb57810@hkg.odn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Tadahito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eda
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matuura
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: Sadanari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawaki
authors.forename: Teruaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: 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