Preliminary experience with a novel intraoperative fluorescence imaging technique to evaluate the patency of bypass grafts in total arterial revascularization.

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BACKGROUND: Early graft failure is a common cause of cardiac morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and there is particular concern about graft patency in off-pump CABG. We describe our preliminary experience with a novel imaging technique (the SPY system), based on fluorescence of Indocyanine Green when exposed to near infrared light, for the intraoperative assessment of coronary graft patency. METHODS: Graft patency was assessed in patients undergoing off-pum...

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Authors: Taggart, D; Choudhary, B; Anastasiadis, K; Abu-Omar, Y; Balacumaraswami, L

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Annals of thoracic surgery
• Volume: 75
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 870-873
• Publication date: 2003-03-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04669-6
• EISSN: 1552-6259
• ISSN: 0003-4975
• Language: English
• Keywords: Coronary Disease; Arteries; Humans; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive; Video Recording; Indocyanine Green; Coronary Restenosis; Graft Occlusion, Vascular; Sensitivity and Specificity; Aged; Fluorescein Angiography; Male; Intraoperative Complications; Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Coronary Artery Bypass