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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
The long-term patency of saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions after intervention has been shown to be improved with new interventional techniques such as stents. Long-term outcome of patients undergoing successful angioplasty of totally occluded old SVGs with new devices is unknown. From July 1994 to June 1996, 19 patients with totally occluded old SVGs had successful angioplasty with new interventional techniques. Mean SVG age was 123 +/- 8 mo. Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction trial (TIMI) flow was 0 in all target lesions. TIMI 2 or 3 flow was restored after angioplasty in all patients. Intracoronary urokinase, transluminal extractional atherectomy, and stenting were used in 14, 12, and 6 patients, respectively. There was one in-hospital death due to ongoing myocardial infarction, no recurrent infarction, and no repeat angioplasty or bypass surgery in the hospital. At follow-up of 21 +/- 1 mo, there was one sudden death and one myocardial infarction. Five patients had repeat coronary bypass surgery, and 4 had repeat angioplasty. Thirteen patients remained asymptomatic, and 4 had angina. The long-term outcome of patients who had successful reopening of occluded old SVGs is encouraging in this small sample.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0098-6569
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
144-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Atherectomy, Coronary, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Coronary Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Coronary Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Graft Occlusion, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Plasminogen Activators, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Reoperation, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Saphenous Vein, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Stents, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Thrombolytic Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:9637435-Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Angioplasty of totally occluded old vein grafts with new interventional techniques: a long-term follow-up study.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study