Endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was
introduced in the 1990s to reduce the rates of leg wound complications. 1 Technical mastery …

BACKGROUND: To determine the current strength of evidence for or against endoscopic
vein harvesting (EVH) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) …

Coronary artery bypass grafting is the most common cardiac surgical procedure performed
worldwide and the long saphenous vein the most common conduit for this. When performed …

Background Two prevalent harvesting techniques are routinely utilized in coronary artery
bypass grafting (CABG): endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) and open vein harvesting (OVH) …

In recent times, practice in cardiac surgery has shifted towards using endoscopic techniques
to harvest the saphenous vein from the leg for use as a bypass graft. A paper published in …

Background: Current consensus statements maintain that endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH)
should be standard care in coronary artery bypass graft surgery, but vein quality and clinical …

Objective Endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) is growing in popularity and is the method of
choice in many centers worldwide as it is associated with lower complication rates …

In a retrospective post hoc analysis of the previously published PREVENT IV trial, Lopes et
al1 found significantly higher rates of mortality, myocardial infarction, or repeat …

Objective Endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) is increasingly used as an alternative to open
vein harvesting (OVH) for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Concerns about the …

Background Earlier reports concerning endoscopic vein harvesting have been controversial
regarding the patency of the vein graft after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). In …