Lymphoscintigraphic changes after harvesting of the saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass graft

Cleusa Ema Quilici Belczak; José Maria Pereira de Godoy; Antonio Fiel Cruz Junior; Roberto Augusto Caffaro

doi:10.5935/1678-9741.20110028

Lymphoscintigraphic changes after harvesting of the saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass graft

Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc. 2011 Jul-Sep;26(3):488-9. doi: 10.5935/1678-9741.20110028.

Authors

Cleusa Ema Quilici Belczak¹, José Maria Pereira de Godoy, Antonio Fiel Cruz Junior, Roberto Augusto Caffaro

Affiliation

¹ Course Post Graduation Lato-Sensu of Lymphovenous Rehabilitation, Medicine School of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 22086590
DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20110028

Abstract

Bridged incisions do not eliminate lesions to the lymphatic vessels and so the identification of risk factors associated to lymphatic lesions is important.

MeSH terms

Chi-Square Distribution
Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
Female
Humans
Lymphedema / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Radionuclide Imaging
Risk Factors
Saphenous Vein*
Tissue and Organ Harvesting / adverse effects*