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Recanalization of chronically occluded aorto-coronary vein grafts
1Midwest Cardiovascular Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
|December 9, 1994
Abstract:
The problem of aorto-coronary vein graft occlusion remains a major clinical challenge. The approach described above offers one method of preserving the life of some occluded vein grafts. This study was done before the release of the coronary stent. This procedure will presumably permit patients to become candidates for this new technology and thereby improve the long-term patency.