Radial Artery Grafting: Clinical Antispastic Protocols

Hospital Outcome After Aorta-Radial Versus Internal Thoracic Artery-Radial Artery Grafts

“…In case of T‐, Y‐, or end‐to‐end anastomoses between ITA and RA, these anastomoses were made before or during extracorporeal circulation. All arterial grafts were dilated with topical or intraluminal dilatation solution 13 . In case of intraluminal dilatation a blunt epidural catheter with side‐holes (Portex Ltd, Kent, England) was used.…”

“…All arterial grafts were dilated with topical or intraluminal dilatation solution. 13 In case of intraluminal dilatation a blunt epidural catheter with side-holes (Portex Ltd, Kent, England) was used. If extracorporeal circulation was applied, this was done in a normothermic fashion with warm blood, or cold crystalloid cardioplegia, according to preference of the surgeon.…”

A new antispastic solution for arterial grafting: Nicardipine and nitroglycerin cocktail in preparation of internal thoracic and radial arteries for coronary surgery

“…22 We previously demonstrated that nicardipine has a satisfactory relaxation effect on arterial grafts such as ITA and RA against depolarizing mechanisms. 31,47 We therefore designed the present study to develop a new cocktail for an antispastic protocol. The present study investigated the effect of this cocktail solution on the 2 major arterial grafts: ITA and RA.…”