BACKGROUND The radial artery is often used as the second arterial graft for coronary artery bypass grafting. Little is known about the differences in long-term patency between radial free and T grafts. This study was performed to determine long-term radial artery patency over a 15-year period. METHODS AND RESULTS Radial arteries were used as free grafts or T grafts for coronary artery bypass ...

et al. T graft with the right internal thoracic artery to left internal thoracic artery versus the left internal thoracic artery and radial artery: flow dynamics in the internal thoracic artery main stem. A new pattern for using both thoracic arteries to revascularize the entire heart: the pi-graft. Effects of heart rate on phasic Y-graft blood flow and flow reserve in patients with complete ar...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an 8 week period of aerobic interval training and massage therapy on changes in c-reactive protein (crp) level and cardiorespiratory fitness in cardiovascular patients after coronary artery bypass graft. the study population consisted of patients who had undergone a coronary artery bypass graft and at least one month had passed since t...

OBJECTIVE In coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), insufficient bypass flow can be a cause of occlusion or string sign of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) graft. A patent saphenous vein (SV) graft from the ascending aorta can reduce the blood flow through the ITA graft, and may affect its long-term patency. In the present study, we examined the impact of the patent SV graft to the left coro...

S ince the introduction by Floyd Loop at the Cleveland Clinic of the internal mammary artery (IMA) as an arterial graft to bypass the left anterior descending artery (LAD), it has been the gold standard conduit for revascularization, principally because it demonstrated its potent survival benefit in the long term follow-up.1 However, patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) under...