Background: We sought to examine contemporary practice patterns of saphenous vein graft
(SVG) interventions. Methods: A link to a 10‐item online questionnaire was completed in …

Background Innominate vein stenosis and venous tortuosity are common findings during
cardiac implantable electronic device upgrades or replacements and present a challenge to …

Since first implantation of coronary grafts in 1967 the success of venous conduits in relieving
myocardial ischaemia has been limited by their temporal attrition. Although internal …

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery remains one of the most widely performed surgical
procedures in North America and aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts (SVG) are the most …

Although the multi-arterial grafting strategy is widely accepted in Japan, saphenous vein
grafts (SVGs) are still commonly used worldwide. SVGs have a high failure rate of 8–25% at …

Purpose: To investigate the hemodynamics characteristics of the “no-touch” saphenous vein
graft (SVG) conduits by nicardipine intraluminal administration in vivo experiment. Methods …

Background Saphenous vein remains the most common conduit for coronary artery bypass
grafting with increasing uptake of minimally invasive harvesting techniques. While …

The aim of this study was first to select preoperatively suitable long saphenous vein (LSV)
segments by using color flow duplex imaging (CFDI) and second to evaluate the quality of …

Objective Saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) are widely used as bypass conduits in coronary
artery bypass grafting. Compared with the conventional technique, the “no-touch” technique …

Objectives We tested a novel technique to treat great saphenous vein (GSV) incompetence
in an animal model. Methods V-block (VVT Medical Ltd, Kfar Saba, Israel), an occlusion …