JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, cilt.4, 2009 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Background: Aortic distensibility is an elasticity index of the aorta, and reflects aortic stiffness. Coronary artery disease has been found to be substantially associated with increased aortic stiffness. In this study we aimed to retrospectively analyze the association of angiographically determined aortic distensibility with the patency rates of coronary bypass grafts