Surgical Aspects of No-Touch Saphenous Vein Graft Harvesting in CABG: Clinical and Angiographic Follow-Up at 3 Months

With more than 800,000 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
operations annually worldwide and the saphenous vein being the
most common conduit used, there is no question that improving
saphenous vein graft patency is one of the most important tasks
in CABG. This video describes the no-touch harvesting procedure
of the saphenous vein on an 80-year old man with hypertension,
hyperlipidemia and a previous myocardial infarction with
percutaneous coronary intervention to the right coronary artery.
He was complaining of exertional chest pain and was diagnosed
with stable angina pectoris. The coronary angiography showed
advanced three vessel disease with significant stenoses in the l ...

Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - February 19, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research