Effects of the harvesting technique and external stenting on progression of vein graft disease 2 years after coronary artery bypass.

Sigrid E Sandner Terrence John DonovanStav EdelsteinJohn D PuskasPhilipp Angleitner George KrasopoulosKeith ChannonThomas GehrigCha RajakarunaLeonid LadyshenskijRavi De SilvaNikolaos BonarosGil BolotinStephan JacobsMatthias Thielmann Yeong-Hoon Choi Sunil K OhriAlexander LipeyIvar FriedrichDavid P Taggart

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)

A post-hoc analysis of the VEST III trial showed that open harvesting is associated with improved overall SVG patency and reduced IH. External stenting reduces SVG disease progression, particularly with open harvesting.

Keyphrases

coronary artery bypass
energy transfer
minimally invasive
antiplatelet therapy
percutaneous coronary intervention
clinical trial
study protocol
acute coronary syndrome
phase iii
phase ii
randomized controlled trial
coronary artery disease
quantum dots
atrial fibrillation