Of the 1526 patients who had LIMA for the known LAD coronary artery target, 747 patients also received a RIMA and 779 patients received an RA graft to a non-LAD target. Some patients also received ...

Still discusses that in this procedure, the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) is robotically harvested and then used to bypass the LAD through a 4-5cm incision. She notes that her robotic CABG ...

Although it requires a more complex operation, using the right internal thoracic artery produces better results than using the radial artery for multiple revascularizations during CABG, data from ...

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Download this article's Factoid (PDF & PPT for Gold Subscribers) A hybrid procedure combining percutaneous revascularization with minimally invasive coronary artery grafting results in similar ...

The results suggest that endoscopic harvest “may be considered the preferred vein harvesting modality” for CABG going forward, said REGROUP study presenter Marco Zenati, MD (Brigham and Women’s ...

1.1 Current evidence on the efficacy and safety of endoscopic saphenous vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is adequate to support the use of this procedure provided that normal ...