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Influence of residual coronary flow on bypass graft flow for graft assessment using near-infrared fluorescence angiography

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Abstract

Purpose

Near-infrared fluorescence angiography (NIR) detects the attenuation of fluorescence luminance intensity (FLI) through coronary artery bypass grafts affected by anastomotic stenosis. This study investigates the influence of residual blood flow of the host coronary artery (Ho) on bypass graft (Gr) FLI using a coronary artery bypass (CABG) model.

Methods

A mock circuit system was created using artificial vessels and artificial blood was supplied to the Gr and the Ho. We used NIR to examine the changes in FLI through the Gr.

Results

The Gr FLI was significantly attenuated according to the degree of Gr stenosis. The Gr FLI did not differ significantly among all degrees of Ho stenosis. High FLI grafts included grafts with degrees of Gr stenosis ≤ 75%, regardless of the severity of Ho stenosis. Moderate and low FLI grafts had 90 or 99% Gr stenosis, regardless of the severity of Ho stenosis. Gr FLI with 99% Gr stenosis was higher in 99% Ho stenosis than in ≤ 90% Ho stenosis.

Conclusions

A high Gr FLI indicated the absence of ≥ 90% stenosis in the anastomosis and a low Gr FLI indicated severe stenosis in the anastomosis despite Ho stenosis. High Ho stenosis may prevent the attenuation of Gr FLI in severely stenosed grafts.

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Abbreviations

CABG:

Coronary artery bypass grafting

NIR:

Near-infrared angiography

ICG:

Indocyanine green

FLI:

Fluorescence luminance intensity

Gr:

Bypass graft

Ho:

Host coronary artery

HEMS:

Hyper eye medical system

LED:

Light-emitting diode

TICs:

Time–intensity curves

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Clinical Engineers Tomotaka Takeshima, Kazuhiro Imakubo, and Yoshinori Nomura for their technical support with the manipulation of NIR angiography.

Funding

This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI (Grant Number 20437718) and Fujita Memorial Fund for Medical Research (Grant Number: none).

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  1. Department of Operations Management, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi University, Kohasu 185-1, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan

    Masaki Yamamoto & Kazuhiro Hanazaki

  2. Center for Photodynamic Medicine, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

    Masaki Yamamoto, Kazumasa Orihashi, Keiji Inoue, Takayuki Sato & Kazuhiro Hanazaki

  3. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

    Masaki Yamamoto, Kohei Miyashita, Miwa Tashiro & Kazumasa Orihashi

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

    Hitoshi Ninomiya

  5. Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

    Keiji Inoue

  6. Department of Cardiovascular Control, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

    Takayuki Sato

  7. Department of Surgery 1, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

    Kazuhiro Hanazaki

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Yamamoto, M., Ninomiya, H., Miyashita, K. et al. Influence of residual coronary flow on bypass graft flow for graft assessment using near-infrared fluorescence angiography. Surg Today 50, 76–83 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-019-01850-5

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