The use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), either with clopidogrel or ticagrelor (Brilinta; AstraZeneca), appears to reduce the risk of failing saphenous vein grafts among patients who undergo CABG ...

The use of radial artery grafts for CABG was linked to lower risk for CV outcomes and improved survival compared with the use of saphenous vein grafts, according to 10-year follow-up data from the ...

graft compared with a saphenous vein (from the leg) graft for coronary artery bypass grafting did not result in improved angiographic patency (the graft being open, unobstructed) one year after ...

1. Mehilli J, Pache J, Abdel-Wahab M, et al. Drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein graft lesions (ISAR-CABG): A randomised controlled superiority trial. Lancet. 2011;Epub ahead of ...

right internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein graft for CABG, researchers reported. The 15-year results of the RAPCO program were published in the European Heart Journal. Radial artery graft ...

Smoking impairs CABG vein grafts Smoking associated with worse saphenous vein graft patency at one and two years after CABG. HealthDay News — Heavy smokers who undergo coronary artery bypass ...

surgeons have a choice between using the radial artery or a saphenous vein graft... For many years, the surgeon's graft of choice for patients undergoing CABG surgery has been the left internal ...

Traditionally, CABG operators used the left internal thoracic artery to graft the left anterior descending artery, and the saphenous vein was harvested from the leg to bypass other coronary arteries.

Patients under 80 years old were enrolled who were scheduled for first-time isolated non-emergent CABG with at least one saphenous vein graft. Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to ...

Patients under 80 years old were enrolled who were scheduled for first-time isolated non-emergent CABG with at least one saphenous vein graft. Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to ...

A total of 1036 patients were included in the analysis (534 patients with radial-artery grafts and 502 patients with saphenous-vein grafts). After a mean (±SD) follow-up time of 60±30 months ...