Long-term patency of polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts in coronary artery surgery

Abstract

Patients undergoing coronary revascularization may not have suitable autologous vessels for coronary artery grafting and therefore may need vascular prostheses. We present a case report of a patient undergoing coronary artery bypass with polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts. Follow-up has been 53 months, and the grafts remain patent.