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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Coronary bypass surgery patients who received a radial artery as their second bypass conduit had significantly better 10-year survival than did patients who received a saphenous vein graft in a ...

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, ...

Even limited use of veins appears to diminish the long-term benefits of an all-arterial approach,” says Alistair Royse.

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 ...

...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 ...

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 ...

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, ...