[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 …

Radial artery graft for coronary artery bypass surgery: biological characteristics and clinical outcome

S Manabe, M Sunamori - Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The radial artery (RA) is gaining popularity as a bypass conduit for coronary artery bypass
grafting, and its impact on clinical practice has been extensively explored. In the present …

The fate of the radial artery conduit in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

DG Nežić, AM Knežević, PS Milojević… - European Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the standard surgical procedure for the treatment
of advanced coronary artery disease. CABG surgery has been demonstrated to improve …

Radial artery as a graft for coronary artery bypass grafting

J Kobayashi - Circulation Journal, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The radial artery (RA) graft was revived in late 1980 s when it was found that the graft was
patent 13–18 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) after improvement of the …

The radial artery: Results and technical considerations

JR Leonard, AA Abouarab, DY Tam… - Journal of Cardiac …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background The radial artery (RA) is a frequently used conduit for coronary artery bypass
graft (CABG). We review the results of the use of the RA in CABG patients and discuss the …

The radial artery: a forgotten conduit

M Gaudino, F Crea, F Cammertoni… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2015 - Elsevier
We reviewed the published literature on the clinical and angiographic outcome of radial
artery (RA) grafts and on the comparison between the RA and the other conduits used in …

Angiographic results of the radial artery graft patency according to the degree of native coronary stenosis

K Yie, CY Na, SS Oh, JH Kim… - European journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Radial arteries are gaining widespread acceptance as complementary arterial
conduits for surgical myocardial revascularization, but there are limited reports about its …

Can the use of the radial artery be expanded to all patients with different surgical grafting techniques? Early clinical and angiographic results in 600 patients

S Al‐Ruzzeh, T Modine, T Athanasiou… - Journal of cardiac …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: The use of the radial artery (RA) as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) is gaining in popularity worldwide and is being increasingly adopted by many …

Morpho-functional features of the radial artery: implications for use as a coronary bypass conduit

M Gaudino, F Crea, F Cammertoni, A Mazza… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Since its reintroduction in the early 1990s the radial artery has gained a major role in
coronary surgery, currently representing a valid alternative to the right internal thoracic artery …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term (5-to 20-year) patency of the radial artery for coronary bypass grafting

P Achouh, R Boutekadjirt, D Toledano… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the angiographic results of the radial artery
as a coronary bypass conduit at long term (> 5 years). METHODS: Radial artery grafts were …