Long-term morphofunctional remodeling of internal thoracic artery grafts: A frequency-domain optical coherence tomography study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-276

  Porto, Italo ^a   Gaudino, Mario ^b   De Maria, Giovanni Luigi ^b   Di Vito, Luca ^c   Vergallo, Rocco ^b   Bruno, Piergiorgio ^b   Bonalumi, Giorgia ^b   Prati, Francesco ^c   Bolognese, Leonardo ^a   Crea, Filippo ^b   Massetti, Massimo ^b  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^c SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelium dependent vasodilation; Frequency domain optical coherence tomography; Left internal thoracic artery; Right internal thoracic artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BURNING SENSATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT VASODILATION; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN-OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; RIGHT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84884478165     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.113.000200     Document Type: Article

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