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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:2219-2220
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Spontaneous Restoration of Patency in the Free Gastroepiploic Artery Graft: The Living Transplanted Vascular System for Coronary Revascularization

Tadahito Eda, MDa,*, Akio Matuura, MDa, Ken Miyahara, MDa, Haruki Takemura, MDa, Sadanari Sawaki, MDa, Teruaki Yoshioka, MDa, Naoki Yoshida, MDb

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Aichi Prefectual Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Aichi, Japan
b Department of Cardiology, Aichi Prefectual Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Aichi, Japan

Accepted for publication December 15, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Eda, 2135 Kariyasuka, Ichinomiya, Aichi, 491-0934, Japan (Email: cdb57810{at}hkg.odn.ne.jp).

We report an incidence of coronary revascularization with the gastroepiploic artery in which angiography demonstrated patency at 1 month, severe narrowing at 1 year, and restoration of patency associated with progression of proximal coronary disease at 8 years. This report documents the reversibility of the free gastroepiploic artery.




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