Jenkins J P, Love H G, Foster C J, Isherwood I, Rowlands D J
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Manchester.
Br J Radiol. 1988 Jan;61(721):2-4. doi: 10.1259/0007-1285-61-721-2.
In a study of 22 patients with 60 coronary artery bypass grafts, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) correctly assessed graft patency or occlusion in 90% of cases when compared with selective coronary graft angiography and computed tomography. It is concluded that MRI can detect a normally functioning coronary artery bypass graft and could be used as a non-invasive technique to assess graft patency in patients presenting with post-operative angina.