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Ann Thorac Surg 1982;34:201-203
© 1982 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Saphenous Vein Aortocoronary Bypass Graft in a Dog: Thirteen-Year Follow-up

From the Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA

Accepted for publication July 1, 1981.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Wakabayashi, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717

A reversed autogenous saphenous vein graft placed between the ascending aorta and the nonstenosed circumflex coronary artery in a dog was studied thirteen years after operation. The aortic anastomosis was round despite the fact that only a slit aortotomy was originally made. The heel side of the distal anastomosis was narrowed but the toe side was not. The intimal thickening was very minimal, and the elastic membrane was intact.