Saphenous vein graft failure and clinical outcomes: toward a surrogate end point in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery?

RE Harskamp, JB Williams, RC Hill, RJ de Winter… - American heart …, 2013 - Elsevier
Saphenous vein graft (SVG) failure is a common finding in patients following coronary artery
bypass graft (CABG) surgery. In the literature SVG failure rates have been reported from 25 …

Relation of early saphenous vein graft failure to outcomes following coronary artery bypass surgery

AR Halabi, JH Alexander, LK Shaw, TJ Lorenz… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Up to 20% of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) fail within 2 years of coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG). The long-term effects of early SVG failure on major clinical events remain …

Saphenous vein graft failure: from pathophysiology to prevention and treatment strategies

I Xenogiannis, M Zenati, DL Bhatt, SV Rao… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) remain the most frequently used conduits in coronary artery
bypass graft surgery (CABG). Despite advances in surgical techniques and …

Saphenous vein graft failure after coronary artery bypass surgery: insights from PREVENT IV

CN Hess, RD Lopes, CM Gibson, R Hager… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Coronary artery bypass grafting success is limited by vein graft failure (VGF).
Understanding the factors associated with VGF may improve patient outcomes. Methods and …

The effect on survival from the use of a saphenous vein graft during coronary bypass surgery: a large cohort study

A Royse, Z Pawanis, D Canty… - European Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Saphenous vein graft (SVG) remains the predominant conduit used in
coronary surgery. The internal mammary artery has higher later term patency and confers …

Management of saphenous vein graft disease in patients with prior coronary artery bypass surgery

N Dianati Maleki, A Ehteshami Afshar… - Current Treatment Options …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose of review In this review, we summarize the pathogenesis of saphenous venous
graft (SVG) failure in patients following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. We …

Management and prevention of saphenous vein graft failure: a review

P McKavanagh, B Yanagawa, G Zawadowski… - Cardiology and …, 2017 - Springer
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains a vital treatment for patients with
multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), especially diabetics. The long-term benefit of the …

Saphenous vein graft failure after coronary artery bypass surgery: pathophysiology, management, and future directions

RE Harskamp, RD Lopes, CE Baisden… - Annals of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To review our current understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of
vein graft failure (VGF), give an overview of current preventive and interventional measures …

The art of saphenous vein grafting and patency maintenance

Y Moshkovitz, E Raanani - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular …, 2016 - jtcvs.org
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery is usually performed in patients with
multivessel coronary artery disease who need multiple grafting. 1 Reports from large …

Impact of the size mismatch between saphenous vein graft and coronary artery on graft patency

Y Yamane, N Uchida, S Okubo, H Morimoto… - General thoracic and …, 2017 - Springer
Background The saphenous vein graft (SVG) is widely used in coronary artery bypass
grafting because of its availability and ease of use. However, the patency rate of the SVG …