Despite the introduction of medications to prevent blocking and spasm, long-term graft patency of the radial artery as a bypass conduit has been questioned. Here, Desai and colleagues compare the ...

Coronary artery bypass grafting is 1 of the most common cardiac surgical interventions. In this procedure, a section of vessel from another part of the body is used to reroute (bypass) blood around a ...

“The most commonly used conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting are the Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA), which runs along the inside of the chest wall near the heart, and the greater ...

‘No-touch’ vein harvesting significantly reduces the risk of graft failure up to three years after coronary artery bypass surgery compared with conventionally harvested vein grafts, finds a study from ...

Using a previously “instrumented” radial artery—one that has been used for transradial PCI or invasive angiography—as a bypass graft for cardiac surgery is not associated with poor clinical outcomes ...

A meta-analysis of more than 140,000 patients found men and women have similar survival rates during the first decade after undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Beyond 10 years, women ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A smartphone heart rate-monitoring application was superior to a traditional physical exam for diagnosing ulnar ...

Current evidence on intraoperative fluorescence angiography suggests that the procedure is safe enough for routine use in the evaluation of coronary artery bypass graft patency. There is limited ...