The use of the radial artery for coronary bypass grafting provides excellent clinical and angiographic results at 5 years. Routine use of the radial artery in combination with the left internal thoracic artery can be recommended.

The FRANCE TAVI registry provided reassuring data regarding trends in TAVR performance in an all-comers population on a national scale. Nonetheless, given that TAVR indications are likely to expand to patients at lower surgical risk, concerns remain regarding potentially life-threatening complications and pacemaker implantation. (Registry of Aortic Valve Bioprostheses Established by Catheter [FRANCE TAVI]; NCT01777828).

URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01570777.

CABG with the RA offered long-lasting clinical benefit. Beyond the first postoperative year during which some attrition was observed, RA patency was remarkably stable for up to 20 years.