Interposition of a Saphenous Vein Graft for Early Recurrent Carotid Sten osis

Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysms

Saphenous vein graft interposition following aggressive endarterectomy for right coronary artery: experience with 32 cases

Increasingly more diffuse and complex atherosclerotic lesions are encountered in coronary bypass surgery. Although coronary endarterectomy has been performed for a long time, it possesses risks of mortality and morbidity. For LAD techniques such as closure with saphenous patch and patch + anastomosis with LIMA are used following endarterectomy. In this case series, we aimed to present our exper...

Giant pseudoaneurysm of a saphenous vein graft.

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Increased secretion of basement membrane-degrading metalloproteinases in pig saphenous vein into carotid artery interposition grafts.

Late saphenous vein bypass graft failure in humans involves medial and neointimal thickening as the result of migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Recent work on angioplasty indicates that basement membrane-degrading metalloproteinases (MMPs) cooperate with growth factors to mediate SMC migration and proliferation. We sought evidence here for a similar role in exp...

Understanding saphenous vein graft patency.

Saphenous vein was the conduit used in the first series of coronary surgery, and, with the exception of revascularization of the left anterior descending coronary artery, it remains the most commonly used conduit.1 There are several reasons for this. First, because of its relatively large diameter and wall characteristics, it is technically easy to use; second, it is plentiful, and therefore ca...