Second internal thoracic artery versus radial artery in coronary artery bypass grafting: a long-term, propensity score–matched follow-up study

E Ruttmann, N Fischler, A Sakic, O Chevtchik, H Alber… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The best second arterial conduit for multiple arterial revascularization (MAR)
is still a matter of debate. Previous studies on the benefit of either using the radial artery (RA) …

[HTML][HTML] Radial artery as graft for coronary artery bypass surgery: advantages and disadvantages for its usage focused on structural and biological characteristics

NG Baikoussis, NA Papakonstantinou… - Journal of Cardiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Radial artery (RA) is the most popular arterial graft after the left internal thoracic artery in
both low-and high-risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Various arterial …

Should the radial artery be used as a bypass graft following radial access coronary angiography

LM Lim, SD Galvin, M Javid… - … and thoracic surgery, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The radial artery (RA) is often selected as the next conduit of choice following the internal
thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting operations (CABG). Radial access …

Radial artery bypass grafts have an increased occurrence of angiographically severe stenosis and occlusion compared with left internal mammary arteries and …

UN Khot, DT Friedman, G Pettersson, NG Smedira… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The radial artery has been increasingly used in CABG. However,
angiographic outcome data have been limited. Methods and Results—We reviewed all …

Myocardial revascularization with radial and mammary arteries: initial and mid-term results

EE Weinschelbaum, A Macchia, VM Caramutti… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background. The radial artery is being used with increasing frequency instead of the
saphenous vein in coronary artery bypass grafts. We analyzed the in-hospital and midterm …

Technique for harvesting the radial artery as a coronary artery bypass graft

AT Reyes, R Frame, RF Brodman - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 1995 - Elsevier
The radial artery was proposed and then abandoned as a coronary artery bypass graft in the
1970s. Development of new pharmacologic antispasmodic agents and minimally traumatic …

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery using the radial artery, right internal thoracic artery, or saphenous vein as the second conduit

RF Tranbaugh, TA Schwann, DG Swistel… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background It is not clear whether radial artery (RA), right internal thoracic artery (RITA), or
saphenous vein (SV) is the preferred second bypass graft during coronary artery bypass …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of arterial grafts for coronary artery bypass grafting

DP Taggart - Annals of cardiothoracic surgery, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For over a decade there has been accumulating evidence that the use of more than a single
arterial graft during coronary artery bypass grafting can improve clinical outcomes. However …

Coronary revascularization with the radial artery: new interest for an old conduit

AM Calafiore, G Teodori… - Journal of cardiac …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Between July 1992 and May 1994, 148 patients (18 females) underwent
myocardial revascularization with a radial artery (RA) graft. The left RA was used in 97.3% of …

Radial artery vs. internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein grafts: 15-year results of the RAPCO trials

GW Hamilton, J Raman, S Moten… - European Heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
'The 15-year clinical results of the Radial Artery Patency and Clinical Outcomes randomized
trial comparing radial artery to right internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein …