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| ==Background==
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| Coronary artery revascularization with [[saphenous veins]] ([[saphenous vein grafts]] or [[SVGs]]) has become a modern surgical standard for the treatment of [[coronary artery disease]]. This technique can be employed when a native [[coronary artery]] is blocked, thus causing a reduction or obstruction in [[blood flow]]. [[Cardiac surgeons]] use the sutured graft to connect the [[aorta]] to the coronary artery beyond the area of obstruction, so that [[blood flow]] may resume.
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| Despite their ability to restore [[blood flow]], SVGs commonly encounter [[stenosis]] problems. The incidence of SVG stenosis is 15-30% one year after surgery, and it increases to 50% 10 years after surgery. Several factors contribute to [[stenosis]] of [[saphenous vein grafts]], including [[intimal hyperplasia]], [[plaque]] formation, and graft remodeling. Additionally, arterialization of the graft accelerates [[atherosclerosis]]. Furthermore, [[atheroma]] found in SVGs are more friable (easily break into small pieces) and more prone to [[thrombus]] than [[plaques]] found in native vessels. Another reason why SVGs are more susceptible to [[thrombotic occlusion]] is that they lack side branches.
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| Although intervention on a chronic total occlusion of an SVG may seem like an effective treatment strategy, it is best avoided.
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| ==Goals of Treatment==
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| Primarily, the goal should be to detect and treat a SVG [[stenosis]] early in the development of [[ischemia]] while the SVG is still [[patency|patent]]. As long as the SVG is not completely [[occlusion|occluded]], intervention can be performed.
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| Two additional overall goals of treating [[SVG]] [[stenosis]] include the resolution of symptomatic [[ischemia]] and the prevention/treatment of distal [[embolism]].
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