The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 51, 140-143, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Intraoperative coronary angiography using fluorescein
T Takayama, Y Wanibuchi, H Suma, Y Terada, T Saito, S Fukuda, S Furuta and T Minemura
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Intraoperative coronary angiography using fluorescein was applied to
evaluate the patency of saphenous vein grafts just after completion of the
distal anastomosis. By this technique, the area of the revascularized
myocardium was well estimated in real time. This intraoperative
direct-vision examination gives us more timely and precise information
during coronary artery bypass grafting.