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ArticleSurgery today2022

The impact of the quantitative assessment procedure for coronary artery bypass graft evaluations using high-resolution near-infrared fluorescence angiography.

Masaki Yamamoto, Hitoshi Ninomiya, Takemi Handa, Koichi Kidawawa, Keiji Inoue, Takayuki Sato, Kazuhiro Hanazaki, Kazumasa Orihashi

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Masaki YamamotoDepartment of Surgery, Kidawara Hospital, Nakamura Ichijoh-dohri 3-3-25, Shimanto City, Kochi, 787-0025, Japan. m_yamamoto@kidawara-hp.net.
Hitoshi NinomiyaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Toyo University, Kawagoe City, Saitama, 350-8585, Japan.
Takemi HandaDepartment of Surgery 2, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
Koichi KidawawaDepartment of Surgery, Kidawara Hospital, Nakamura Ichijoh-dohri 3-3-25, Shimanto City, Kochi, 787-0025, Japan.
Keiji InoueCenter for Photodynamic Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
Takayuki SatoCenter for Photodynamic Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
Kazuhiro HanazakiCenter for Photodynamic Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
Kazumasa OrihashiDepartment of Surgery 2, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
Kōchi University · JPKochi Medical School Hospital · JPToyo University · JP

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the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI 20437718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeNear-infrared angiography (NIR) is used for on-site graft assessment during coronary artery bypass grafting. This study evaluated the results of a quantitative NIR assessment using a new high-resolution NIR device (h-NIR) for graft assessment.

methodsForty-three patients were enrolled in our study. Internal thoracic artery (ITA) grafts anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery and examined intraoperatively using h-NIR were included. The ITA grafts were divided into 2 groups for a comparative analysis: patent grafts (P group; n = 37) and failed grafts (F group; n = 6). The graft flow was evaluated by a "quantitative NIR assessment", and the fluorescence luminance intensity (FLI) was measured. Direct observation of the graft and anastomosis with h-NIR was also performed.

resultsThe FLI was higher in the P group than in the F group. The receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed the following cut-off values for FLIs depending on imaging duration: 21.1% at 1 s, 35.5% at 2 s, 58.4% at 3 s, and 83.3% at 4 s. The sensitivity and specificity for detecting graft failure were 83.3% and 69.8-80.6%, respectively. Furthermore, h-NIR was also able to visualize arterial dissection in ITA grafts.

conclusionsA quantitative NIR assessment with an h-NIR device can improve the detectability of anastomotic stenosis, and h-NIR successfully detected arterial dissection of grafts.

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Coronary Artery BypassMammary ArteriesAnastomosis, SurgicalCoronary AngiographyFluorescein AngiographyHumansVascular PatencyCoronary artery bypass graftingFluorescence luminance intensityHigh-resolution near-infrared angiographyInternal thoracic arteryNear-infrared angiography

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