Preliminary experience with a novel intraoperative fluorescence imaging technique to evaluate the patency of bypass grafts in total arterial revascularization.

BACKGROUND: Early graft failure is a common cause of cardiac morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and there is particular concern about graft patency in off-pump CABG. We describe our preliminary experience with a novel imaging technique (the SPY system), based on f...

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Main Authors: Taggart, D, Choudhary, B, Anastasiadis, K, Abu-Omar, Y, Balacumaraswami, L, Pigott, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003