Disease Progression in Nonintervened Saphenous Vein Graft Segments. A Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1257-1264

  Hong, Young Joon ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Kim, Sang Wook ^a   Lee, Sung Yun ^a   Kim, Seok Yeon ^a   Okabe, Teruo ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Waksman, Ron ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Suddath, William O ^a   Weissman, Neil J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; plaque; saphenous vein graft; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VEIN INJURY;

AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 63549128915     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.12.048     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Mintz G.S., Popma J.J., Pichard A.D., et al. Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the mechanisms and predictors of restenosis following coronary angioplasty. J Invasive Cardiol 8 (1996) 1-14
2. Mintz G.S., Popma J.J., Pichard A.D., et al. Intravascular ultrasound predictors of restenosis after percutaneous transcatheter coronary revascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol 27 (1996) 1678-1687
3. Mintz G.S., Popma J.J., Pichard A.D., et al. Arterial remodeling after coronary angioplasty: a serial intravascular ultrasound study. Circulation 94 (1996) 35-43
4. Mintz G.S., Popma J.J., Hong M.K., et al. Intravascular ultrasound to discern device-specific effects and mechanisms of restenosis. Am J Cardiol 78 (1996) 18-22
5. Mintz G.S., Kent K.M., Pichard A.D., et al. Contribution of inadequate arterial remodeling to the development of focal coronary artery stenoses. An intravascular ultrasound study. Circulation 95 (1997) 1791-1798
6. Kimura T., Kaburagi S., Tamura T., et al. Remodeling of human coronary arteries undergoing coronary angioplasty or atherectomy. Circulation 96 (1997) 475-483
7. Lansky A.J., Mintz G.S., Popma J.J., et al. Remodeling after directional coronary atherectomy (with and without adjunct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty): a serial angiographic and intravascular ultrasound analysis from the Optimal Atherectomy Restenosis Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 32 (1998) 329-337
8. de Vrey E.A., Mintz G.S., von Birgelen C., et al. Serial volumetric (three-dimensional) intravascular ultrasound analysis of restenosis after directional coronary atherectomy. J Am Coll Cardiol 32 (1998) 1874-1880
9. Li H., Tanaka K., Chhabra A., et al. Vascular remodeling 1 year after cardiac transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 26 (2007) 56-62
10. Tuzcu E.M., Kapadia S.R., Sachar R., et al. Intravascular ultrasound evidence of angiographically silent progression in coronary atherosclerosis predicts long-term morbidity and mortality after cardiac transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 45 (2005) 1538-1542
11. Tsutsui H., Schoenhagen P., Ziada K.M., et al. Early constriction or expansion of the external elastic membrane area determines the late remodeling response and cumulative lumen loss in transplant vasculopathy: an intravascular ultrasound study with 4-year follow-up. J Heart Lung Transplant 22 (2003) 519-525
12. Julius B.K., Attenhofer Jost C.H., Sutsch G., et al. Incidence, progression and functional significance of cardiac allograft vasculopathy after heart transplantation. Transplantation 69 (2000) 847-853
13. Schwarzacher S.P., Uren N.G., Ward M.R., et al. Determinants of coronary remodeling in transplant coronary disease: a simultaneous intravascular ultrasound and Doppler flow study. Circulation 101 (2000) 1384-1389
14. von Birgelen C., Hartmann M., Mintz G.S., et al. Relation between progression and regression of atherosclerotic left main coronary artery disease and serum cholesterol levels as assessed with serial long-term (>/= 12 months) follow-up intravascular ultrasound. Circulation 108 (2003) 2757-2762
15. von Birgelen C., Hartmann M., Mintz G.S., et al. Relationship between cardiovascular risk as predicted by established risk scores versus plaque progression as measured by serial intravascular ultrasound in left main coronary arteries. Circulation 110 (2004) 1579-1585
16. Hartmann M., von Birgelen C., Mintz G.S., et al. Relation between plaque progression and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol during aging as assessed with serial long-term (> or =12 months) follow-up intravascular ultrasound of the left main coronary artery. Am J Cardiol 98 (2006) 1419-1423
17. Hartmann M., von Birgelen C., Mintz G.S., et al. Relation between lipoprotein(a) and fibrinogen and serial intravascular ultrasound plaque progression in left main coronary arteries. J Am Coll Cardiol 48 (2006) 446-452
18. Hartmann M., von Birgelen C., Mintz G.S., et al. Relation between baseline plaque burden and subsequent remodelling of atherosclerotic left main coronary arteries: a serial intravascular ultrasound study with long-term (> or =12 months) follow-up. Eur Heart J 27 (2006) 1778-1784
19. von Birgelen C., Hartmann M., Mintz G.S., et al. Remodeling index compared to actual vascular remodeling in atherosclerotic left main coronary arteries as assessed with long-term (≥12 months) serial intravascular ultrasound. J Am Coll Cardiol 47 (2006) 1363-1368
20. Mintz G.S., Nissen S.E., Anderson W.D., et al. American College of Cardiology clinical expert consensus document on standards for acquisition, measurement and reporting of intravascular ultrasound studies (IVUS): a report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. J Am Coll Cardiol 37 (2001) 1478-1492
21. Nakamura M., Nishikawa H., Mukai S., et al. Impact of coronary artery remodeling on clinical presentation of coronary artery disease: an intravascular ultrasound study. J Am Coll Cardiol 37 (2001) 63-69
22. Rodes-Cabau J., Facta A., Larose E., et al. Predictors of aorto-saphenous vein bypass narrowing late after coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol 100 (2007) 640-645
23. Domanski M.J., Borkowf C.B., Campeau L., et al., Post-CABG Trial Investigators. Prognostic factors for atherosclerosis progression in saphenous vein grafts: the postcoronary artery bypass graft (Post-CABG) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 36 (2000) 1877-1883
24. Campos E.E., Cinderella J.A., and Farhi E.R. Long-term angiographic follow-up of normal and minimally diseased saphenous vein grafts. J Am Coll Cardiol 21 (1993) 1175-1180
25. Mehta I., Zaret B., Weinberg J., et al. Should disease-free saphenous vein grafts be replaced at the time of redo CABG?. Circulation 94 Suppl I (1996) I412-I413
26. Hozumi T., Yoshikawa J., Yoshida K., et al. Use of intravascular ultrasound for in vivo assessment of changes in intimal thickness of angiographically normal saphenous vein grafts one year after aortocoronary bypass surgery. Heart 76 (1996) 317-320
27. Marin M.L., Veith F.J., Panetta T.F., et al. Saphenous vein biopsy: a predictor of vein graft failure. J Vasc Surg 18 (1993) 407-414
28. Lau G.T., Ridley L.J., Bannon P.G., et al. Lumen loss in the first year in saphenous vein grafts is predominantly a result of negative remodeling of the whole vessel rather than a result of changes in wall thickness. Circulation 114 Suppl (2006) I435-I440
29. Takagi T., Yoshida K., Akasaka T., et al. Intravascular ultrasound analysis of reduction in progression of coronary narrowing by treatment with pravastatin. Am J Cardiol 79 (1997) 1673-1676
30. Nissen S.E., Tuzcu E.M., Schoenhagen P., et al., REVERSAL Investigators. Effect of intensive compared with moderate lipid-lowering therapy on progression of coronary atherosclerosis: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 291 (2004) 1071-1080
31. Jensen L.O., Thayssen P., Pedersen K.E., et al. Regression of coronary atherosclerosis by simvastatin: a serial intravascular ultrasound study. Circulation 110 (2004) 265-270
32. Okazaki S., Yokoyama T., Miyauchi K., et al. Early statin treatment in patients with acute coronary syndrome: demonstration of the beneficial effect on atherosclerotic lesions by serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis during half a year after coronary event: the ESTABLISH study. Circulation 110 (2004) 1061-1068
33. Nissen S.E., Nicholls S.J., Sipahi I., et al. Effect of very high-intensity statin therapy on regression of coronary atherosclerosis: the ASTEROID trial. JAMA 295 (2006) 1556-1565
34. Schartl M., Bocksch W., Koschyk D.H., et al. Use of intravascular ultrasound to compare effects of different strategies of lipid-lowering therapy on plaque volume and composition in patients with coronary artery disease. Circulation 104 (2001) 387-392
35. Hong M.K., Lee C.W., Kim Y.H., et al. Usefulness of follow-up low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level as an independent predictor of changes of coronary atherosclerotic plaque size as determined by intravascular ultrasound analysis after statin (atorvastatin or simvastatin) therapy. Am J Cardiol 98 (2006) 866-870
36. Nissen S.E., Tuzcu E.M., Libby P., et al. Effect of antihypertensive agents on cardiovascular events in patients with coronary disease and normal blood pressure: the CAMELOT study: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 292 (2004) 2217-2225
37. Nissen S.E., Tuzcu E.M., Brewer H.B., et al., ACAT Intravascular Atherosclerosis Treatment Evaluation (ACTIVATE) Investigators. Effect of ACAT inhibition on the progression of coronary atherosclerosis. N Engl J Med 354 (2006) 1253-1263
38. Nicholls S.J., Tuzcu E.M., Sipahi I., et al. Statins, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and regression of coronary atherosclerosis. JAMA 297 (2007) 499-508
39. The Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Trial Investigators. The effect of aggressive lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and low-dose anticoagulation on obstructive changes in saphenous-vein coronary-artery bypass grafts. N Engl J Med 336 (1997) 153-162
40. Goldman S., Zadina K., and Moritz T. Long-term patency of saphenous vein and left internal mammary artery grafts after coronary artery bypass surgery: results from a Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 44 (2004) 2149-2156
41. Knatterud G.L., Rosenberg Y., Campeau L., et al., Post CABG Investigators. Long-term effects on clinical outcomes of aggressive lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and low-dose anticoagulation in the post coronary artery bypass graft trial. Circulation 102 (2000) 157-165
42. Kaneda H., Terashima M., Takahashi T., et al. Mechanisms of lumen narrowing of saphenous vein bypass grafts 12 months after implantation: an intravascular ultrasound study. Am Heart J 151 (2006) 726-729
43. Nishioka T., Luo H., Berglund H., et al. Absence of focal compensatory enlargement or constriction in diseased human coronary saphenous vein bypass grafts. An intravascular ultrasound study. Circulation 93 (1996) 683-690
44. Hong M.K., Mintz G.S., Hong M.K., et al. Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the presence of vascular remodeling in diseased human saphenous vein bypass grafts. Am J Cardiol 84 (1999) 992-998
45. Mendelsohn F.O., Foster G.P., Palacios I.F., et al. In vivo assessment by intravascular ultrasound of enlargement in saphenous vein bypass grafts. Am J Cardiol 76 (1995) 1066-1069
46. Ge J., Liu F., Bhate R., et al. Does remodeling occur in the diseased human saphenous vein bypass grafts?. An intravascular ultrasound study. Int J Card Imaging 15 (1999) 295-300