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Synergizing Antegrade Endoscopic with Bridging Vein Harvesting for Improvement of Great Saphenous Vein Graft Quality from the Lower Leg
Published on: November 19, 2019
No-Touch Saphenous Vein Graft for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Min-Seok Kim1,2, Seong Wook Hwang1, Ki-Bong Kim1
1Cardiovascular Center, Myongji Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Compared with the conventionally harvested saphenous vein graft, the no-touch saphenous vein graft, in which manipulation and tension are minimized and intraluminal dilatation is avoided during vein harvest, has shown better-preserved luminal endothelium and improved patency rates after coronary artery bypass grafting. This review article will detail and summarize the relevant literature on the no-touch saphenous vein in coronary artery bypass grafting.

