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 ...

New long-term data from the CSP 474 trial offers a challenge to some of the conventional wisdom around graft choice in CABG surgery and may further the debate over recent guideline recommendations.

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Radial artery graft conferred lower 15-year all-cause ...

With a median follow-up of 10 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), patients who received a radial artery graft rather than a saphenous vein graft as a second conduit were less likely to ...

Major cardiac events were fewer at 5 years in patients receiving a radial artery graft as the second conduit in coronary bypass surgery (CABG) vs a saphenous-vein graft (SVG) in a patient-level ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of radial artery grafts for CABG was linked to lower risk for CV outcomes and improved survival compared ...

Use of a radial artery (located within the forearm, wrist and hand) graft compared with a saphenous vein (from the leg) graft for coronary artery bypass grafting did not result in improved ...

The primary outcome of their study, graft occlusion, does not take into account severely diseased grafts. If this outcome were included, there would be no difference between the two types of graft.

Munich, Germany - 26 Aug 2018: The ten-year outcomes of the Arterial Revascularisation Trial (ART) are presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018. 1 Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) ...