Coronary artery bypass graft angiography

Abstract

Most patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, or CABG, in the past decade will have had a combination of arterial grafts and saphenous vein grafts (or received total arterial revascularization), as conduit patency for mammary arterial grafts has been shown to be significantly higher than that of vein grafts. This chapter covers one of the most common operations performed on patients with three-vessel coronary disease. It describes the role of pre-angiography, choosing an appropriate catheter, and the location of various grafts. It is fully illustrated with clinical images throughout, annotated to aid understanding.