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ArticleHeart and vessels2014

A unique stenosis in saphenous vein graft visualized by optical coherence tomography.

Yorihiko Koeda, Tomonori Itoh, Tetsuya Fusazaki, Motoyuki Nakamura, Yoshihiro Morino

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Article in Heart and vessels, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yorihiko KoedaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Chuo-dori, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8505, Japan, ori-aka@hotmail.co.jp.
Tomonori Itoh
Tetsuya Fusazaki
Motoyuki Nakamura
Yoshihiro Morino
Iwate Medical University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a unique stenosis in a 12-year-old saphenous vein graft (SVG), to the right coronary artery, which was visualized by optical coherence tomography (OCT), before percutaneous coronary intervention. The patient was an 80-year-old man in whom the stenosis was documented by area-detector coronary computed tomography. OCT imaging demonstrated that the culprit lesion was a venous valve containing a thrombus before preintervention imaging. Coronary stenting was performed with a distal protection device, and pathologic examination of the aspirate verified the OCT findings. Coronary angiography 12 years previously, just after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), had shown a completely normal SVG without any suspicion of a venous valve. These OCT images suggested the possibility that the culprit lesion was an "upside down" venous valve that was not visualized by angiography just after surgery, but could be a cause of late SVG stenosis following CABG. OCT imaging is very useful for clarifying the etiology of the stenosis in cases of ambiguous angiographic lesions.

Indexed as

Tomography, Optical CoherenceAged, 80 and overConstriction, PathologicCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery BypassGraft Occlusion, VascularHumansMalePercutaneous Coronary InterventionPredictive Value of TestsSaphenous VeinStentsTime FactorsTreatment Outcome

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PMID23712599
PMCPMC3948513
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