OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to compare elective angiographic patency and
cardiac event-free survival of the radial artery graft with that of the free right internal thoracic …

Objective: We studied retrospectively the patency of grafts after coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG) using serial angiographies performed one year and five years after surgery …

Purpose The study was undertaken to evaluate the 3-year outcome of patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) involving the use of the radial artery (RA) in …

Background In the past decade, the radial artery has frequently been used for coronary
bypass surgery despite concern regarding the possibility of graft spasm. Graft patency is a …

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is used to revascularize ischemic myocardium
affected by coronary artery obstruction. Conventional coronary angiography (CCA) is an …

Background Detecting occlusions of coronary artery bypass grafts using non-contrast
computed tomography (CT) series is understudied and underestimated. Purpose To …

BACKGROUND: Sixteen-channel multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT), with
higher spatial and temporal resolution, enables noninvasive visualization of images with …

A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The
question addressed was 'in coronary artery bypass grafting using radial artery grafts, does …

Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic performance of 320-slice computed tomography
coronary angiography (CTA) in the evaluation of patients with prior coronary artery bypass …

OBJECTIVE: Some arterial grafts have progressive narrowing or occlusion during the first
postoperative year despite angiographic patency in the immediate postoperative period …