HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by McCullough, J. N. Articles by Rubenstein, H. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by McCullough, J. N. Articles by Rubenstein, H.

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 50, 663-664, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

ARTICLES

Polytetrafluoroethylene graft for spontaneous coronary dissection: 7- year follow-up

JN McCullough, RM Abel and H Rubenstein
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, New Jersey.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection remains an exceedingly rare cause of myocardial ischemia. The patients are usually young and female, and the dissection is frequently fatal. The use of polytetrafluoroethylene as an aortocoronary conduit is generally followed by early occlusion. We report a case of spontaneous right coronary dissection in which a polytetrafluoroethylene graft was placed that was observed to remain patent by angiography at least 72 months after operation.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				M. R. Phillips, H. Yamaguchi, V. M. Miller, S. Williams, J. J. Morris, and H. V. Schaff Endothelial sodding of the permaflow prosthetic coronary artery bypass conduit Ann. Thorac. Surg., October 1, 1998; 66(4): 1191 - 1197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. J. McLarty, M. R. Phillips, D. R. Holmes Jr, and H. V. Schaff Aortocoronary Bypass Grafting With Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene: 12-Year Patency Ann. Thorac. Surg., May 1, 1998; 65(5): 1442 - 1444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]