Why the study?
Is intraoperative coronary angioscopy useful for assessing grafts and anastomoses in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization?
Population
38 patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
intraoperative
Authors
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Intraoperative angioscopy may be feasible for graft assessment; leaves open its adoption until equipment refinements reduce trauma risk.
Is intraoperative coronary angioscopy useful for assessing grafts and anastomoses in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization?
Intraoperative coronary angioscopy is feasible for assessing internal thoracic artery grafts and distal anastomoses, though equipment flexibility must be improved to reduce iatrogenic trauma.
Bessou et al. (1993) studied this question.
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