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- Lumen of the artery or bypass graft is free from
obstruction, the suture line is intact, and the graft is
patent.
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- Small, flexible angioscope is inserted through small
surgical opening and passed into the lumen in antergrade or
retrograde direction
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- To visualize the lumen and
endothelial surfaces of the affected artery or vein directly
so that the cause of the obstruction or impaired blood flow
can be identified
- Performed as an adjunctive procedure during vascular
surgery (thrombectomy, atherectomy, bypass
grafting)
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- Severe Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Residual valve leaflets in the
venous bypass graft
- Bypass graft torsion or stenosis
- Arterial thrombus or embolus
- Platelet thrombus
- Incompetent venous valve leaflets
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