A recently implanted left ventricular lead was fixated in the coronary sinus due to thrombosis while attempting to reposition the lead because of phrenic nerve stimulation. A 77-year-old woman was ...

Aachen, Germany - Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is a viable alternative to conventional coronary sinus angiography for imaging the coronary venous system, a new study suggests [1].

ECG-gated cardiac modified discrete cosine transform, or MDCT can now be used for improved imaging of the cardiac veins. Researchers from Germany have discovered a novel, less invasive imaging ...

AACHEN, Germany, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- German researchers say a new procedure for the imaging of coronary veins proves to be less invasive and has fewer complications. In addition, the new procedure ...

A 53-year-old German man became the first person to undergo a new, non-surgical technique that turned one of his coronary veins into a coronary artery to bypass a blockage, according to a special ...

Our group conducted this study for two purposes: first, to investigate whether the low invasive delivery of MSCs via the coronary vein restores cardiac function in chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy ...

A 71 year-old female with type II diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia was admitted electively for coronary angiography and graft study. She underwent CABG 16 years ago with three grafts ...

Researchers are testing bioengineered veins in two sizes that could soon enable patients with poor veins to go on dialysis, undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and more. Elizabeth Armstrong ...

Factors associated with the surgical procedure of bypass grafting, such as vein graft harvesting and handling, and the size and condition of the conduit and target vessel, determine long-term patency ...

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Coronary artery disease refers to hardening and narrowing of the coronary arteries as a result of atherosclerosis. This can cause angina and myocardial infarction, and result in heart failure. One ...

One of the following OPCS-4 codes is used to classify the coronary artery bypass grafting with a saphenous vein graft, depending on the number of arteries replaced: K40.1 Saphenous vein graft ...