Intraoperative graft flow profiles in coronary artery bypass surgery: A meta‐analysis
Silva M, Rong LQ, Naik A, Rahouma M, Hameed I, Robinson B, Ruan Y, Jiang Y, Abed AW, Girardi LN, Gaudino M. Intraoperative graft flow profiles in coronary artery bypass surgery: A meta‐analysis. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2019, 35: 279-285. PMID: 31730721, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14359.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean graft flowPulsatility indexVenous graftsIMA graftsVenous conduitsGraft flowArterial graftsPedicled internal mammary artery graftsInternal mammary artery graftCoronary artery bypass surgeryMammary artery graftsPump CABG proceduresArtery bypass surgerySystematic literature searchIMA conduitsOPCABG surgeryArtery graftPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsBypass surgeryCABG proceduresIntraoperative flowONCABGOPCABGGraftThe RADial artery International ALliance (RADIAL) extended follow-up study: rationale and study protocol
Gaudino M, Benedetto U, Fremes S, Ballman K, Biondi-Zoccai G, Sedrakyan A, Nasso G, Raman J, Buxton B, Hayward PA, Moat N, Collins P, Webb C, Peric M, Petrovic I, Yoo KJ, Hameed I, Di Franco A, Moscarelli M, Speziale G, Girardi LN, Hare DL, Taggart DP, Investigators R. The RADial artery International ALliance (RADIAL) extended follow-up study: rationale and study protocol. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2019, 56: 1025-1030. PMID: 31535147, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatency ratesSaphenous veinGood mid-term patency ratesMid-term patency ratesCoronary artery bypass surgeryRadial artery graftArtery bypass surgeryEvent-free survivalSaphenous vein graftsLong-term outcomesImproved patency ratesRA armArtery graftPostoperative yearRepeat revascularizationBypass surgeryCardiac eventsVein graftsClinical correlatesStudy protocolObservational studyRole of RasGraftTrialsSurvival