Metallic stents are used to promote revascularization and maintain patency of plaqued or
damaged arteries following balloon angioplasty. To mitigate the long‐term side effects …

The radial artery (RA) is a commonly used conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting, and
recent studies have demonstrated that it provides superior long-term patency rates to the …

Background: There is a lack of evidence for the choice of the second conduit in coronary
surgery. The radial artery (RA) is a possible option, but few data on very-long-term outcomes …

The aim of this review is to highlight the role of invasive functional evaluation in patients in
whom coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is indicated, and to examine the clinical …

OBJECTIVES Both the open and endovascular techniques are commonly used for
harvesting the radial artery (ORAH and ERAH, respectively), and yet, very little is known …

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 …

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery was first performed in the 1960s. As the
surgery has evolved, there has been a growing interest in the use of multiple arterial grafts in …

OBJECTIVES Our goal was to compare short-and midterm outcomes after coronary artery
bypass grafting (CABG) using 2 different revascularization strategies. METHODS A total of …

Abstract For the year 2015, almost 19,000 published references can be found in PubMed
when entering the search term “cardiac surgery”. The last year has been again …

Radial forearm free flaps (RFFF) are a versatile option for the reconstruction of a wide variety
of soft tissue defects and are particularly common in head and neck surgery. Benefits of …