An estimated 400,000 coronary artery bypass graft operations are performed annually in the
United States. Saphenous vein grafts are the most commonly used conduits; however, graft …

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains one of the most common surgical
procedures. In spite of great advancements like arterial grafts and off-pump bypass …

Patients who undergo coronary bypass graft surgery often require subsequent cardiac
catheterization and repeat coronary revascularization. Saphenous vein graft lesions have …

Patients who experience recurrence of ischemia after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
(CABG) have lesions in diverse anatomic distributions (saphenous vein graft (SVG), native …

Patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery are susceptible
to bypass graft failure and progression of native coronary artery disease. Although the …

Within 10 years following coronary artery bypass graft surgery, between 30% and 50% of
patients in whom saphenous vein grafts were implanted develop recurrent angina and/or …

Recent published data from the Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS) national database
displayed that among patients aged> 65 years old who survived following an initial coronary …

Atherosclerosis develops and rapidly progresses in saphenous veins grafts after coronary
bypass surgery. In contrast to native coronary artery, percutaneous revascularization does …

Despite the advances of modern interventional cardiology coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) remains part of the armamentarium of coronary revascularization. Although the use …

After 35 years of refinement, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is now the most
common major operation in the United States. 1, 2 Despite advances in technology and …