Coronary Artery Graft Disease

The Problem.- The Natural History of Saphenous Vein Grafts.- Risks and Prediction of Adverse after Coronary Bypass Grafting based on a Single Center Experience.- Mechanisms of Plaque Formation and Occlusion in Venous Coronary Bypass Grafts.- Surgical Aspects.- Arterial and Venous Coronary Bypass Grafts: Surgical Techniques and Outcome.- Newer Arterial Coronary Bypass Conduits: Right Gastroepiploic and Epigastric Artery.- Diagnosis of Graft Failure.- The Role of Radionuclide Imaging in the Diagnosis of Coronary Bypass Graft Failure.- Coronary Artery Graft Disease: Diagnosis of Graft Failure by Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Positron Emission Tomography: Evaluation of Myocardial Blood Flow and Viability Before and Following Coronary Revascularization.- Transcutaneous Assessment of Blood Flow in Internal Thoracic Artery to Coronary Artery Grafts.- Coronary Angiography in the Diagnosis of Graft Failure.- Left Ventricular Function: Systolic and Diastolic Alterations.- Biological Characteristics and Coronary Bypass Grafts.- Endothelium and Vascular Smooth Muscle Function of Coronary Bypass Grafts.- Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation Responses in Organ Cultures of Human Saphenous Vein.- Chronic Changes in Venous Grafts After Implantation.- Pharmacological Intervention.- Lipids and Lipid-Lowering Drugs and Graft Function.- Treatment of Severe Hypercholesterolemia in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Means of Lipoprotein Apheresis.- Antiplatelet Drugs.- Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Drugs to Prevent Aortocoronary Vein Graft Occlusion.- Calcium Antagonists in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.- Revascularization Strategies.- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Patients with Failed Bypass Graft Surgery.- Intraluminal Stents in Coronary Bypass Grafts.- Reoperation: Techniques and Choice of Conduits.- Cardiac Transplantation for Ischaemic Heart Disease.