Arterial grafting for the correction of coronary artery disease preceded the use of saphenous
vein grafts, but the overwhelming popularity of the saphenous vein from 1970 to 1985 left the …

Arterial grafting for coronary artery disease has been practiced routinely at the Epworth
Hospital for 20 years. Bilateral versus single internal thoracic artery grafts is associated with …

Observational and randomized evidence shows that arterial grafts have better patency rates
than saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) in coronary artery bypass grafting. Observational studies …

Background—Graft patency is a fundamental predictor of long-term survival after coronary
artery bypass surgery. Left and right internal thoracic artery (arterial) graft patency has been …

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 …

It is well known that graft patency determines prognosis in coronary artery bypass grafting.
Numerous reports over the past 20 years have documented superior patency and prognosis …

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was first used in the late 1960s. This revolutionary
procedure created hope among ischemic heart disease patients. Multiple conduits are used …

BACKGROUND: We sought to compare saphenous vein and internal thoracic artery graft
patency by coronary system. METHODS: From 1972 to 1999, 50,278 patients underwent …

BACKGROUND: We sought to examine the effect of different conduits on the progression of
atherosclerosis in previously revascularized coronary territories. METHODS: Between 1995 …

Background. Although use of the internal thoracic artery has been shown to improve
outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting, the same cannot be said of alternative …