Follow-up results after interventional treatment of infarct-related saphenous vein graft occlusion.

Background: Acute occlusion of saphenous vein grafts resulting in acute coronary syndromes may be treated with interventional revascularization. Few data are available on intermediate and long-term results after revascularization of acute saphenous vein graft occlusion.

Methods: Fifty patients (67+/-10 years, 47 male) with troponin-positive acute coronary syndrome because of acute total or subtotal occlusion [thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow 0=39, TIMI 1=8, TIMI 2=3] of one saphenous vein graft (12.