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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:695-696
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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See also page 691.

DR HENDRICK B. BARNER (St. Louis, MO): Doctor Emery is to be congratulated for beautifully presenting this initial multiinstitutional experience with a new prosthetic coronary graft, which is increasingly needed at this time of rising numbers of reoperations in older patients who may lack autogenous conduit or have contraindications to harvesting of available conduit. On the other hand, there is increasing favorable experience with arterial conduits, which have the potential to reduce the need for such a prosthetic graft. Emery and associates have not maximally utilized arterial conduits, which reflects their desire to gain experience with this new device and perhaps reluctance to harvest additional arterial conduits in high-risk patients.

The concept of creating an arteriovenous fistula to maintain a higher rate of flow has been employed in peripheral vascular reconstruction with polytetrafluoroethylene conduits as well . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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North American Experience With the Perma-Flow Prosthetic Coronary Graft
Robert W. Emery, Noel L. Mills, F. Javier Teijeira, Kit V. Arom, Pam Baldwin, Rebecca J. Petersen, Lyle D. Joyce, George L. B. Grinnan, Marc S. Sussman, Jack G. Copeland, III, John L. Ochsner, Steven W. Boyce, and Demetre M. Nicoloff
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1996 62: 691-695. [Abstract] [Full Text]





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