Open AccessProtective constriction of coronary vein grafts with knitted nitinol
Author(s) -
Loven Moodley,
Thomas Franz,
Paul Human,
Michael Wolf,
Deon Bezuidenhout,
Jacques Scherman,
Peter Zilla
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezs670
Subject(s) - constriction , medicine , intimal hyperplasia , artery , vein , fibrous joint , angiography , coronary vein , anatomy , cardiology , surgery , coronary sinus , smooth muscle
Different flow patterns and shear forces were shown to cause significantly more luminal narrowing and neointimal tissue proliferation in coronary than in infrainguinal vein grafts. As constrictive external mesh support of vein grafts led to the complete suppression of intimal hyperplasia (IH) in infrainguinal grafts, we investigated whether mesh constriction is equally effective in the coronary position.
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