Is coronary graft doppler more sensitive for individual graft flows than TEE during CABG surgery?

J Card Surg. 2007 Jul-Aug;22(4):356-8; discussion 358. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00423.x.

Abstract

In this case report we describe a situation where despite a normal TEE exam immediately postcardiopulmonary bypass, there was no flow in the left internal mammary artery graft to the left anterior descending artery. This was picked up by coronary Doppler and subsequently repaired.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis*
  • Intraoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intraoperative Complications / surgery
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
  • Reoperation
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sutures
  • Veins / transplantation*