Does no-touch technique better than conventional or intermediate saphenous vein harvest techniques for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a systematic review …

A Elshafay, AH Bendary, HT Vuong, AR Ahmed… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Saphenous vein (SV) is a common graft being used in coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG). Conventional (CON), intermediate (I), and no-touch (NT) are the most common …

[HTML][HTML] Transforming growth factor-β in graft vessels: histology and immunohistochemistry

SM Yuan, YQ Wang, Y Shen, H Jing - Clinics, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The biological functions of transforming growth factor-β signaling that
involves Smad proteins have not been previously investigated with respect to coronary …

内窥镜大隐静脉采集术在冠状动脉旁路移植术中的应用

王学宁, 张顺业, 王海曙, 张勇, 王建忠, 王学斌… - 中西医结合心脑血管病 …, 2011 - cqvip.com
目的观察在冠状动脉旁路移植术(CABG) 中应用内窥镜采集大隐静脉的临床效果. 方法2010 年3
月对5 例行CABG 的患者采用内窥镜采集大隐静脉, 观察手术情况及术后切口愈合情况 …

Endoscopic or no-touch vein harvesting for CABG: what is best for the patient?

T Kopjar, S Ivankovic, ML Lima, BB Pinheiro… - Brazilian journal of …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
= Saphenous vein was designed as a randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness
and safety of edifoligide on angiographic SV graft failure 12-18 months following CABG, as …

Reduction of arterial graft smooth muscle mass by moderate heat therapy

I Mueed, T Tazzeo, L Doharris, T Aziz, V Chu… - Translational …, 2011 - Elsevier
Radial artery (RA) graft spasm is a major cause of early graft failure in coronary artery
bypass grafting surgeries. We explored the feasibility of thermal reduction of smooth muscle …

Continuous Perfusion of Saphenous Vein by Oxygenated Blood during Beating Coronary Surgery

MH Mandegar, B Moradi, F Roshanali - International Cardiovascular …, 2017 - brieflands.com
: Background: The saphenous vein remains the most commonly used conduit for coronary
artery bypass surgery (CABG). However, the long-term success of surgical revascularization …

Insights from Brazilian medical journals

B Caramelli - Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
This brand-new series of articles aims at delivering to national and international readers
some of the cutting-edge contributions from the Brazilian medical literature. Recently papers …