Mechanisms and future directions for prevention of vein graft failure in coronary bypass surgery

JH Shuhaiber, AN Evans, MG Massad… - … cardio-thoracic surgery, 2002 - academic.oup.com
… saphenous vein grafts retrieved during repeat coronary bypass graft operations exhibits a
profile of cytoskeletal proteins that is similar to that of myofibroblasts in the porcine vein grafts, …

Saphenous vein graft failure after coronary artery bypass surgery: pathophysiology, management, and future directions

RE Harskamp, RD Lopes, CE Baisden… - … of surgery, 2013 - journals.lww.com
… in surgical techniques and medical management, long-term efficacy of CABG surgery remains
limited because of vein graft … Within 1 year of CABG surgery, 10% to 15% of venous grafts

Relationship between vein graft failure and subsequent clinical outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery

RD Lopes, RH Mehta, GE Hafley, JB Williams… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
… artery bypass surgery with an average of 2 vein grafts per … that the loss of bypass conduit
(arterial or venous) that results … patients with vein graft failure after CABG surgery actually have …

Saphenous vein grafts in contemporary coronary artery bypass graft surgery

E Caliskan, DR De Souza, A Boening… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
… are used as a composite graft based on the internal mammary … vein grafts for CABG
surgery and provide an overview of the current practices for the prevention of VGD and vein graft

Radial-artery or saphenous-vein grafts in coronary-artery bypass surgery

M Gaudino, U Benedetto, S Fremes… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
… The use of radial-artery grafts for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) … -vein grafts.
However, randomized, controlled trials comparing radial-artery grafts and saphenous-vein grafts

Saphenous vein graft failure after coronary artery bypass surgery: insights from PREVENT IV

CN Hess, RD Lopes, CM Gibson, R Hager… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
vein grafts, and systematic 12- to 18-month angiographic follow-up, we found that longer
duration of surgery, endoscopic vein graft … VGF in both patient-level and graft-level models. The …

Vein graft failure: from pathophysiology to clinical outcomes

MR De Vries, KH Simons, JW Jukema… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
… to vein graft failure Factors associated with the surgical procedure of bypass grafting, such
as vein graft … , and the inflammatory response contribute to the prevention of vein graft failure …

Relation of early saphenous vein graft failure to outcomes following coronary artery bypass surgery

AR Halabi, JH Alexander, LK Shaw, TJ Lorenz… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
… Up to 20% of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) fail within 2 years of coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG). The long-… Saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) remain the most commonly implanted …

[HTML][HTML] Results of PREVENT III: a multicenter, randomized trial of edifoligide for the prevention of vein graft failure in lower extremity bypass surgery

MS Conte, DF Bandyk, AW Clowes, GL Moneta… - … of vascular surgery, 2006 - Elsevier
… I think you can argue that this is the most accurate outcome study of lower extremity vein
grafts, certainly in my career in vascular surgery, where we have such detailed duplex study …

[HTML][HTML] Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery

RD Lopes, GE Hafley, KB Allen… - … England Journal of …, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
… The objectives of this study were to assess the effect of endoscopic vein-graft harvesting
on vein-graft failure as assessed by angiography 12 to 18 months after CABG and on clinical …