Is coronary graft doppler more sensitive for individual graft flows than TEE during CABG surgery?
In this case report we describe a situation where despite a normal TEE exam immediately postcardiopulmonary bypass, there was no flow in the left internal mammary artery graft to the left anterior descending artery. This was picked up by coronary Doppler and subsequently repaired.
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. imorin@surg.jgh.mcgill.ca
Jean-Francois
JF
Morin
Bergez F
BF
Mistry
Lisa
L
Knowlton
D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013537:Sutures; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*