Coronary Artery Graft Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. The Problem

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Natural History of Saphenous Vein Grafts

      • C. M. Grondin, J. C. Thornton

      Pages 3-15

   3. Risks and Prediction of Adverse Events After Coronary Bypass Grafting Based on a Single Center Experience

      • P. Sergeant

      Pages 16-41

   4. Mechanisms of Plaque Formation and Occlusion in Venous Coronary Bypass Grafts

      • I. K. Jang, V. Fuster

      Pages 42-50

3. Surgical Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Arterial and Venous Coronary Bypass Grafts: Surgical Techniques and Outcome

      • F. D. Loop

      Pages 53-69

   3. Newer Arterial Coronary Bypass Conduits: Right Gastroepiploic and Epigastric Artery

      • H. Suma

      Pages 70-83

4. Diagnosis of Graft Failure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. The Role of Radionuclide Imaging in the Diagnosis of Coronary Bypass Graft Failure

      • F. J. T. Wackers

      Pages 87-98

   3. Coronary Artery Graft Disease: Diagnosis of Graft Failure by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

      • P. T. Buser, C. B. Higgins

      Pages 99-112

   4. Positron Emission Tomography: Evaluation of Myocardial Blood Flow and Viability Before and Following Coronary Revascularization

      • S. G. Sawada, M. Schwaiger

      Pages 113-132

   5. Transcutaneous Assessment of Blood Flow in Internal Thoracic Artery to Coronary Artery Grafts

      • D. P. de Bono

      Pages 133-143

   6. Coronary Angiography in the Diagnosis of Graft Failure

      • P. R. Lichtlen, H. Hausmann

      Pages 144-171

   7. Left Ventricular Function: Systolic and Diastolic Alterations

      • H. P. Krayenbuehl, M. Jakob, O. M. Hess

      Pages 172-189

5. Biological Characteristics and Coronary Bypass Grafts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Endothelium and Vascular Smooth Muscle Function of Coronary Bypass Grafts

      • T. F. Lüscher, Z. Yang, B. S. Oemar

      Pages 193-211

   3. Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation Responses in Organ Cultures of Human Saphenous Vein

      • G. D. Angelini, A. C. Newby

      Pages 212-227

   4. Chronic Changes in Venous Grafts After Implantation

      • D. A. Lewis, V. M. Miller

      Pages 228-244

6. Pharmacological Intervention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245

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In patients with coronary artery disease, surgical revascu- larization with arterial or venous bypass grafts not only relieves symptoms, but also prolongs life. The result of such interventions, however, is frequently impaired by graft dysfunction and occlusion. This monograph highlights the clinical importance of coronary artery bypass graft disease and, in particular, the use of modern diagnostic techniques to assess graft structure and function. The molecular and cellular mechanisms of coronary bypass graft disease are ex- tensively discussed with several chapters devoted to prophy- lactic medical therapy. The indication, technique and results of reinterventions with balloon angioplasty, reope- ration or transplantation in patients with graft failure are also reviewed.

• Bypass
• Bypass operation
• Coronary artery grafts
• Lipoprotein
• Stent
• angiography
• artery
• coronary artery disease
• coronary heart disease
• drugs
• heart
• heart disease
• platelet
• surgery
• transplantation

• Abteilung Kardiologie, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

  Thomas F. Lüscher

• Herz-Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsspital, Zürich, Switzerland

  Marko Turina

• Department of Medicine, Harvard University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

  Eugene Braunwald

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