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Coronary Artery Graft Disease

Mechanisms and Prevention

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Thomas F. Lüscher

    1. Abteilung Kardiologie, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. Marko Turina

    1. Herz-Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsspital, Zürich, Switzerland

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  3. Eugene Braunwald

    1. Department of Medicine, Harvard University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  4. Diagnosis of Graft Failure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. The Role of Radionuclide Imaging in the Diagnosis of Coronary Bypass Graft Failure

      • F. J. T. Wackers
      Pages 87-98

    3. Coronary Artery Graft Disease: Diagnosis of Graft Failure by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

      • P. T. Buser, C. B. Higgins
      Pages 99-112

    4. Positron Emission Tomography: Evaluation of Myocardial Blood Flow and Viability Before and Following Coronary Revascularization

      • S. G. Sawada, M. Schwaiger
      Pages 113-132

    5. Transcutaneous Assessment of Blood Flow in Internal Thoracic Artery to Coronary Artery Grafts

      • D. P. de Bono
      Pages 133-143

    6. Coronary Angiography in the Diagnosis of Graft Failure

      • P. R. Lichtlen, H. Hausmann
      Pages 144-171

    7. Left Ventricular Function: Systolic and Diastolic Alterations

      • H. P. Krayenbuehl, M. Jakob, O. M. Hess
      Pages 172-189

  5. Biological Characteristics and Coronary Bypass Grafts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Endothelium and Vascular Smooth Muscle Function of Coronary Bypass Grafts

      • T. F. Lüscher, Z. Yang, B. S. Oemar
      Pages 193-211

    3. Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation Responses in Organ Cultures of Human Saphenous Vein

      • G. D. Angelini, A. C. Newby
      Pages 212-227

    4. Chronic Changes in Venous Grafts After Implantation

      • D. A. Lewis, V. M. Miller
      Pages 228-244

  6. Pharmacological Intervention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
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About this book

In patients with coronary artery disease, surgical revascu- larization with arterial or venous bypass grafts not only relieves symptoms, but also prolongs life. The result of such interventions, however, is frequently impaired by graft dysfunction and occlusion. This monograph highlights the clinical importance of coronary artery bypass graft disease and, in particular, the use of modern diagnostic techniques to assess graft structure and function. The molecular and cellular mechanisms of coronary bypass graft disease are ex- tensively discussed with several chapters devoted to prophy- lactic medical therapy. The indication, technique and results of reinterventions with balloon angioplasty, reope- ration or transplantation in patients with graft failure are also reviewed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Abteilung Kardiologie, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

    Thomas F. Lüscher

  • Herz-Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsspital, Zürich, Switzerland

    Marko Turina

  • Department of Medicine, Harvard University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

    Eugene Braunwald

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coronary Artery Graft Disease

  • Book Subtitle: Mechanisms and Prevention

  • Editors: Thomas F. Lüscher, Marko Turina, Eugene Braunwald

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78637-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-78639-6Published: 03 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78637-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 396

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Cardiology

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