Trends during 25 years of coronary artery bypass operation at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Patency of Sequential and Individual Saphenous Vein Grafts after Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

“…A single vein used as sequential graft can revascularize whole heart as a snake graft. Sequential bypass grafting technique was introduced by Flemma 1 in 1970s and was widely used in 1980s 9 . Its advantages include: saving bypass conduits, the number of proximal anastomoses, and complete revascularization in shorter operation time.…”

“…Sequential bypass grafting technique was introduced by Flemma 1 in 1970s and was widely used in 1980s. 9 Its advantages include: saving bypass conduits, the number of proximal anastomoses, and complete revascularization in shorter operation time. In addition, sequential technique in an OPCAB can decrease or avoid manipulation of the aorta, particularly for elderly patients and patients with heavily calcified aortas, and add to the ease of estimating the distance between the side-to-side and end-toside anastomoses while the heart is full and beating.…”

Factors affecting postoperative morbidity and mortality in isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery

“…Tremendous efforts have been made to develop risk stratifi cation models for a more accurate risk prediction of the mortality of patients undergoing CABG, [1][2][3] which is now the most commonly performed major operation in the world. However, these risk models must be applied with caution and only after careful study and calibration for any specifi c population.…”

Preliminary Report of a New Approach to Sparing the Greater Saphenous Vein for Grafting: Valvuloplasty Combined with Axial Transposition of a Competent Tributary Vein

“…[39][40][41] Despite increased use of internal mammary artery (IMA) grafts, the GSV remains a common conduit for coronary artery grafting in most institutions; it is easy to use, and the difference in 5-year patency versus IMA grafts is not significant. [42][43][44] Hartz and associates 45 reported that the use of IMA conduits increased from 7% in 1968 to 65% in 1973, then gradually declined to 25% in 1979 and 1980, before a steep Figure 3ࡗ(A) A competent tributary vein is transected 1.5 cm distal to its insertion point on the GSV, then anastomosed (B) end to side by use of 8-0 nylon suture, under magnification. and consistent rise to 75% in the late 1980s.…”