Coronary Graft Failure: State of the Art

By: Ion C. Ţintoiu and Malcolm John Underwood and Stephane Pierre Cook and Hironori Kitabata and Aamer Abbas

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Synopsis: Coronary artery bypass surgery has been developedsince 1960s to overcome proximal coronary artery disease. Worldwide, the numberof patients that are undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery is steadilyincreasing. Depending on diverse risk factors, one fifth of grafts are occludedat 1 year. For the remaining, graft patency last usually 8-15 years. This bookbrings together the main specialists in the field to review the currentevidence on epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic, new imaging techniquesand specific therapeutic modalities. This volume aims to update a complex subjectrepresented by coronary graft failure. The authors of this monograph areinterventional cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and research scientists,who will be creating four parts and 71 chapters that are divided in order togive a uniform interpretation of this condition including all aspects ofcoronary graft failure This book not only provides the most up-to-datedscientific evidence in the field but in a two-step manner. Each chapter isdivided into a at a glance part that reflects the basic evidence on the topic,and a "full picture" part that brings all what the advanced reader should bebrought with.