Detection of coronary artery bypass graft patency as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 61 (721) , 2-4
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-61-721-2
Abstract
In a study of 22 patients with 60 coronary artery bypass grafts, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) correctly assessed graft patency or occlusion in 90% of cases when compared with selective coronary graft angiography and computed tomography. It is concluded that MRI can detect a normally functioning coronary artery bypass graft and could be used as a non-invasive technique to assess graft patency in patients presenting with post-operative angina.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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