Improvement of the outcome of the saphenous vein graft when connected to the internal thoracic artery
When the inflow is the RITA, SVG grafted to the RCAs (I-graft) may result in a higher patency rate and better outcome than when the inflow is the ascending aorta (Ao-graft). The continuous supply of nitric oxide by RITA may be the cause of the higher patency rate of the I-graft, which can behave like an arterial conduit.
Authors
- Michele Di Mauro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2611-5626)
- Sotirios Prapas
- Panayiotis Zografos
- David P. Taggart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5343-5997)
- Konstantinos Katsavrias
- Antonio M. Calafiore
- Dimitrios Dougenis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9077-0428)
- Dimitrios C. Angouras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7782-6140)
- Styliani Papandreopoulos
- Dimitrios Iliopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6832-0786)
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Casa di cura Pierangeli (IT)
- Henry Dunant Hospital (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1478166
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15