Objectives We compared the 5-year graft occlusion rates and midterm clinical outcomes of
saphenous vein composite grafts with those of right internal thoracic artery composite grafts …

The saphenous vein (SV) is the conduit that has been and still is widely used for coronary
artery bypass grafting; however, its use as an aortocoronary bypass conduit has shown …

OBJECTIVES Since 2000, we anastomosed the saphenous vein graft to the right coronary
artery system using the stump of the right internal thoracic artery as inflow. The long-term …

Background Endothelial shear stress (ESS) has been suggested as a factor affecting
atherosclerosis and remodeling of native vessels and bypass conduits. We compared ESS …

Objective: Composite graft of left internal thoracic artery and great saphenous vein in
revascularization of the left coronary system is a technique well described in literature. The …

OBJECTIVES Our goal was to compare the observed and the expected rates of
postoperative cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) in a large cohort of consecutive patients …

The development of external stents emerges as an approach to limit the hyperdistention of
venous grafts, therefore minimizing the pathologic changes resulting from “venous …

Background A randomized controlled trial was designed to compare 1-year morphologic
changes of the no-touch saphenous vein (SV) as a Y-composite graft (composite group) vs …

Background We have observed reopening of the occluded “no‐touch” saphenous vein (NT
SV) composite grafts on follow‐up angiograms in patients who underwent coronary artery …

Composite grafting techniques from the in situ left internal thoracic artery (LITA) has many
theoretic advantages, which include a reduction in stroke by minimizing aortic manipulation …