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Imaging of Coronary Bypass Graft

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The current chapter will review a brief overview of coronary imaging modalities after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Noninvasive imaging, such as computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), could help decide whether invasive coronary angiography (ICA) should be performed in CABG patients. Alternatively, these techniques could serve as diagnostic tools for patients in whom ICA is not feasible. The gold standard for imaging of CABG in acute coronary syndrome remains invasive coronary angiography (ICA).

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  1. Department of Cardiology, University and Hospital Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Mathieu Stadelmann MD, Diego Arroyo MD & Serban Puricel MD

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  1. Cardiology, Army's Center for Cardiovascular Di, Bucharest, Romania

    Ion C. Ţintoiu

  2. Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong

    Malcolm John Underwood

  3. University Fribourg, Hospital HFR Fribourg, Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Stephane Pierre Cook

  4. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

    Hironori Kitabata

  5. University Medical Center, Texas Tech Univ. Health Science Center, EL PASO, Texas, USA

    Aamer Abbas

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Stadelmann, M., Arroyo, D., Puricel, S. (2016). Imaging of Coronary Bypass Graft. In: Ţintoiu, I., Underwood, M., Cook, S., Kitabata, H., Abbas, A. (eds) Coronary Graft Failure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26515-5_41

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