Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2963035 | Journal of Cardiology | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Radial artery (RA) is the most popular arterial graft after the left internal thoracic artery in both low- and high-risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Various arterial grafts such as the right internal thoracic artery, the right gastroepiploic artery, and the inferior epigastric artery have also gained ground over the past 30 years because of the intimal hyperplasia and atherosclerosis of the saphenous vein leading to late graft occlusion. In this review article we would like to present the utility of the RA as a graft, focused mainly on its structural and biological characteristics.
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Authors
Nikolaos G. Baikoussis, Nikolaos A. Papakonstantinou, Efstratios Apostolakis,