Arterial and Venous Conduits From Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypas
The use of arterial and venous conduits in coronary artery bypass surgery has been described by the authors of a new study. The guidelines were published online in Annals of Thoracic Surgery on December 8th. The existing literature for both types of grafts was evaluated by Gabriel S. Aldea, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, and colleagues. In CABG, a variety of arterial and venous conduits are employed. To ensure long-term patency, the type of graft used should be carefully chosen. With its vascularity and low proclivity for atherosclerosis and hyperplasia, the ITA is the gold-standard conduit for CABG. Another conduit with structural similarities to the LITA is the RITA, which is widely used to bypass right and circumflex coronary branches. The most frequent conduits utilized in CABG are the internal thoracic artery (ITA) and radial artery (SVG). The RA is superior to the saphenous vein in terms of performance, however, the results are inconsistent.