...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 ...

April 5, 2011 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — The radial artery has outperformed the saphenous vein as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in a five-year follow-up of patients with ...

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 ...

Arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy and nonarteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy are acute optic neuropathies, which have to be differentiated from each other. It was the purpose of ...

For optimal 1-year results, in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting who need percutaneous coronary ...

A simple reversal of the way a long-standing surgical procedure is performed to create an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis access significantly improves the fistula's function and longevity over ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ATLANTA – Results of a VA Cooperative study suggested that both saphenous vein grafts and radial artery grafts ...

In what represents Vienna, Austria-based Valeriot GmbH’s first patenting, its founder and CEO, Michael Flatscher, describes their invention of a device, Autovein, for use in no-touch vein harvesting ...

A 53-year-old German man became the first person to undergo a new, non-surgical technique that turned one of his coronary veins into a coronary artery to bypass a blockage, according to a special ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and CT imaging plays a crucial ...

A Middlesbrough surgeon has become the first in the region to perform a modern procedure that has saved patients like Christopher Dolan from major leg amputations. Consultant vascular surgeon Ian ...