Coronary graft use of a new external mesh support.
Poor quality veins may result in early graft failure after coronary artery bypass grafting. Vein remodelling by means of external scaffolds has been attempted by various products. Here, we describe our use of a new external mesh support that is generally used in peripheral vascular bypasses in order to remodel a poor quality vein used in coronary revascularization. Early CT control demonstrated a good result.
Rescigno
Giuseppe
G
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ancona Hospital, Via Conca 71, 60100 AN, Italy. grescigno@libero.it
Angelini
Andrea
A
D'Alfonso
Alessandro
A
Torracca
Lucia
L
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome