The no-touch saphenous vein graft in elderly coronary bypass patients with multiple comorbidities is a promising conduit to substitute the left internal thoracic artery.

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We investigated the patency rates of no-touch saphenous vein grafts anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery compared with the left internal thoracic artery. Further, we compared the patency of no-touch vein grafts to the left anterior descending artery with the patency of no-touch vein grafts to other coronary arteries.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.

Title: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-685X

ISSN (Print): 0022-5223

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2017

Volume: 154

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden. Electronic address: ninos.samano@regionorebrolan.se.

[2 ] Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

[3 ] Intervention and Implementation Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

[4 ] Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

[5 ] Department of Surgery, Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, Del.

[6 ] Surgical and Interventional Sciences, Royal Free Hospital Campus, University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom.

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Publisher Item ID: S0022-5223(17)30558-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.03.048

PubMed ID: 28433355

SO-VID: 9cb4dbda-96e7-4327-b917-d8d7c543c887

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Keywords: bypass graft,computed tomography angiography,coronary artery bypass grafting,left internal thoracic artery,no-touch harvesting technique,patency,saphenous vein

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Keywords: bypass graft, computed tomography angiography, coronary artery bypass grafting, left internal thoracic artery, no-touch harvesting technique, patency, saphenous vein

The no-touch saphenous vein graft in elderly coronary bypass patients with multiple comorbidities is a promising conduit to substitute the left internal thoracic artery.

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