title: Perivascular administration of drugs and genes as a means of reducing vein graft failure.
abstract: Coronary artery bypass surgery is a highly effective and durable therapy of coronary artery disease. Together with internal mammary arteries the saphenous vein grafts are the most important conduits for coronary surgery. We reviewed the topic of local pharmacologic and gene therapeutic treatment approaches to prevent neointimal hyperplasia in vein grafts. Perivascular therapy of veins before arterialization would be a simple approach that avoids systemic side effects of medications. The current data available show that there are promising experimental approaches (in vitro models, animal in vivo models) for pharmacological and gene therapeutic treatment of vein graft failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wiedemann
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kocher
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bonaros
authors.forename: Severin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Semsroth
authors.forename: Guenther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laufer
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schachner
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000818:Animals; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D058426:Neointima / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors