When harvested for coronary artery bypass graft surgery, does a skeletonized or pedicled radial artery improve conduit patency?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-292

  Ali, Erden ^a   Saso, Srdjan ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial conduits; Coronary artery bypass graft; Patency; Pedicled; Radial artery; Skeletonized

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

BENCHMARKING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 75449106626     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.221101     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Dunning J, Prendergast B, Mackway-Jones K. Towards evidence-based medicine in cardiothoracic surgery: best BETS. Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:405-409.
2. Miyagi N, Oshima N, Shirai T, Sunamori M. Skeletonised harvesting improves early-term and mid-term perfect patency of a radial artery graft. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;54:472-476.
3. Hirose H, Amano A. Skeletonized radial artery grafting: one-year patency rate. Heart Surg Forum 2004;7:E277-E282.
4. Hirose H, Amano A, Takahashi A, Takanashi S. Skeletonization of the radial artery with the ultrasonic scalpel: clinical and angiographic results. Heart Surg Forum 2003;6:E42-E47.
5. Amano A, Takahashi A, Hirose H. Skeletonized radial artery grafting: improved angiographic results. Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1880-1887.
6. Reardon M, Conklin L, Reardon P, Baldwin J. Coronary artery bypass conduits: review of current status. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1997;38: 201-209.
7. Amano A, Hirose H, Takahashi A, Nagano N. Coronary artery bypass grafting using the radial artery: mid-term results in a Japanese institute. Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:120-125.
8. Georghiou GP, Vidne BA, Dunning J. Does the radial artery provide better long-term patency than the saphenous vein? Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:304-310.