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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Of Totally Occluded Coronary Venous Bypass Grafts: An Exercise In Futility?, Evan Nardone, Brandon M Madsen, Melissa Mccarey, D L Fischman, Nicholas Ruggiero, Paul Walinsky, Alec Vishnevsky, Michael P. Savage
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Of Totally Occluded Coronary Venous Bypass Grafts: An Exercise In Futility?, Evan Nardone, Brandon M Madsen, Melissa Mccarey, D L Fischman, Nicholas Ruggiero, Paul Walinsky, Alec Vishnevsky, Michael P. Savage
Department of Medicine Faculty Papers
Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of diseased saphenous vein grafts (SVG) continues to pose a clinical challenge. Current PCI guidelines give a class III recommendation against performing PCI on chronically occluded SVG. However, contemporary outcomes after SVG intervention have incrementally improved with distal protection devices, intracoronary vasodilators, drug-eluting stents, and prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy.
Aim: To reassess the procedural and long-term outcomes of PCI for totally occluded SVG with contemporary techniques.
Methods: This was a retrospective observational study conducted at a single university hospital. The study population consisted of 35 consecutive patients undergoing PCI of totally occluded SVG. Post-procedure dual …