SAGE Journals Online
Advertisement
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Advertisement

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Garcia-Rinaldi, R.
Right arrow Articles by Bonnington, L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Garcia-Rinaldi, R.
Right arrow Articles by Bonnington, L.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

The Versatility of Gore Tex® Grafts for Extra-Anatomic Bypass

Raul Garcia-Rinaldi

Cardiovascular Surgery of Texas Suite 110 7500 Beechnut Houston, Texas 77074

Jose M. Revuelta

From the Memorial Hospital and The Houston Heart Institute, Inc., Houston, Texas

G. Dennis Vaughan

From the Memorial Hospital and The Houston Heart Institute, Inc., Houston, Texas

Robert H. Johnston, JR

From the Memorial Hospital and The Houston Heart Institute, Inc., Houston, Texas

Lucy Bonnington

From the Memorial Hospital and The Houston Heart Institute, Inc., Houston, Texas, Cardiovascular Surgery of Texas Suite 110 7500 Beec

Fifty six patients underwent fifty nine complex extra-anatomic revascular ization procedures using Gore Tex®. Nine grafts (15%) occluded. We opted not to revise 2 grafts and other two grafts thrombectomized ultimately failed. Five grafts were declotted and have remained patent.

The other patients have patent grafts or died of their primary illness with patent grafts (overall patency 93%). The surviving patients have been followed for an average period of 27.7 months (0.5-56 mo.).

Based on this experience we conclude that Gore Tex®, is a suitable conduit for complex extra-anatomic bypass in patients whose condition contraindicates direct vascular reconstruction.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 18, No. 5, 294-304 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/153857448401800506
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?




Advertisement