Percutaneous intervention of acutely occluded saphenous vein grafts: Contemporary techniques and outcomes

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 253-257

  Abdel Karim, Abdul Rahman R ^a   Banerjee, Subhash ^a   Brilakis, Emmanouil S ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology (111A)   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass graft thrombosis; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stents

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BARE METAL STENT; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LASER; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; RHEOLYTIC THROMBECTOMY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STENT THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953153608     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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