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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
The PossisR polytetrafluoroethylene Permaflow is a synthetic coronary graft which incorporates a Venturi resistor and which is anastomosed to the superior vena cava. Multiple anastomoses to the coronary vessels can be established in sequence until the graft is finally connected to the aorta. This aortocaval fistula enables permanent flow within the synthetic graft. We present the post-operative clinical and invasive findings of a 69-year-old female patient with a PossisR coronary graft. Follow-up angiography 3 and 7 months post-operatively showed patency of both coronary anastomoses and sufficient run-off to the native vessel segments. The left-right shunt induced by the graft was hemodynamically insignificant. Left ventricular function had improved significantly. 30 MHz intravascular ultrasound of the proximal part of the PossisR graft did not show an extra inner layer at the luminal side of the synthetic graft wall, so that relevant intimal thickening could be excluded after an interval of 7 months post implantation. Using an intravascular imaging technique, focal atherosclerotic lesions or thrombotic graft wall alterations could also be ruled out.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0167-5273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
143-7; discussion 147-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Anastomosis, Surgical, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Blood Vessel Prosthesis, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Coronary Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Coronary Artery Bypass, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Coronary Artery Disease, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Coronary Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Graft Occlusion, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Polytetrafluoroethylene, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Prosthesis Design, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Surface Properties, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Thrombosis, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Tunica Intima, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Ultrasonography, Interventional, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Vascular Patency, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Vena Cava, Superior, pubmed-meshheading:8522410-Ventricular Function, Left
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical and invasive 7-month follow-up of a patient with a synthetic coronary graft.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology/Angiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports