Background When patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) undergo
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), targeting the native vessel is preferred. Studies …

Background There is ongoing debate regarding the efficacy of the radial artery (RA) as an
aortocoronary conduit, with few solid data regarding long-term clinical results. We sought to …

Objectives. This study sought to evaluate the routine use of radial artery (RA) grafts in
patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization. Background. Previous long-term …

Objective: The right internal thoracic artery is being used infrequently despite favorable
observational angiographic data. Conversely, the radial artery utilization has increased with …

BACKGROUND: The second best conduit for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is
unclear. We sought to determine if the use of a second arterial conduit, the radial artery (RA) …

Background Controversy still exists about the superiority of the radial artery (RA) over the
saphenous vein graft (SVG) as a second conduit for surgical myocardial revascularization …

Reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting secondary to saphenous vein graft (SVG)
stenosis is a mushrooming problem. The internal thoracic artery graft (ITA) provides superior …

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 …

BACKGROUND: Although general agreement exists on internal mammary graft as the first
conduit, the second choice is still questioned. Despite radial artery (RA) grafting has been …

Objective: To determine whether the proximal anastomosis interferes or not in mid-and long-
term patency of these grafts. Methods: One hundred twenty-three out of 481 patients who …