Why the study?
Does intraoperative blood flow predict graft patency in patients undergoing aortocoronary venous bypass grafting?
Population
70 patients in whom a total of 103 venous bypass grafts had been inserted from the aorta to the right, the…
Design
Cohort
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May inform intraoperative graft assessment in CABG; leaves open whether flow-guided revision improves outcomes.
Does intraoperative blood flow predict graft patency in patients undergoing aortocoronary venous bypass grafting?
Intraoperative blood flow measurements strongly predict venous bypass graft patency, with flows >45 ml/min ensuring patency and ≤20 ml/min predicting occlusion.
Grondin et al. (1971) studied this question.
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