Major cardiac events were fewer at 5 years in patients receiving a radial artery graft as the second conduit in coronary bypass surgery (CABG) vs a saphenous-vein graft (SVG) in a patient-level ...

LONDON, England—The “no-touch” harvesting technique for patients undergoing CABG surgery using a saphenous vein graft does not lower the risk of graft failure but is associated with a significantly ...

ANAHEIM, CA — A new trial shows the combination of aspirin plus ticagrelor (Brilinta, AstraZeneca) resulted in significant improvement in saphenous vein graft (SVG) patency at 12 months compared with ...

Relying entirely on arteries as a source for grafts in CABG appears to impart better survival for patients irrespective of age, according to a new analysis of registry data from Australia and New ...