Table 2 Cause of death
From: Expandable external support device to improve Saphenous Vein Graft Patency after CABG
Time of death | Cause of death | Device related |
|---|---|---|
Perioperative | Animal expired while elevating the heart before any distal anasthomosis performed or device implantation. | NO |
perioperative | Hemodinamyc collapse after post-operative angiography (both grafts patent By angioraphy and PM) suspected narrowing in distal anastomosis of control-graft to LAD. | NO |
perioperative | Traumatic intubation and bleeding in the trachea, de-saturation during entire operation (60-80%), multiple VFs prior to the device implantation. Suspected technical error in proximal anastomotic site. | NO |
Three weeks after surgery | Sudden death. PM demonstrated viable grafts, intact device and no gross pathologies. Microscopic analysis demonstrated no injury or inflammation to both grafts. | NO |