The use of radial-artery grafts for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) may result in better postoperative outcomes than the use of saphenous-vein grafts. However, randomized, controlled trials ...

Conclusions Radial-artery grafts are associated with a lower rate of graft occlusion at one year than are saphenous-vein grafts.

The radial artery has outperformed the saphenous vein as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting in a five-year follow-up of patients with multivessel disease undergoing surgery in a ...

Radial artery graft for the second most important coronary target was associated with lower 15-year all-cause mortality vs. right internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein graft for CABG ...

A new meta-analysis shows patients who received radial grafts rather than saphenous vein grafts had a tenfold lower risk for death, heart attack, or repeat revascularization.

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 ...

CHICAGO, IL—For patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, use of radial arteries leads to less MACE over 15 years compared with using either right internal thoracic artery (RITA) or ...

Patients undergoing heart bypass surgery lived longer and had better outcomes when surgeons used a segment of an artery from their arm, called the radial artery, instead of a vein from their leg ...

ATLANTA – Results of a VA Cooperative study suggested that both saphenous vein grafts and radial artery grafts resulted in graft opening at one year. Researchers randomly assigned 733 patients ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—At 5 years after treatment, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries performed using the radial artery offer superior patency compared with those using the saphenous vein, ...

Nature Reviews Cardiology - Radial artery grafts not superior to saphenous vein grafts at 1 year after CABG surgery ...