October 29, 2008 (Toronto, ON) — Endoscopic harvesting of the radial artery for CABG surgery failed to significantly reduce wound infection when compared with traditional harvesting using the ...

The findings show that harvesting primarily from the left radial artery “does not impair the blood flow to the forearm or hand at rest or with exercise and does not predispose the remaining ulnar ...

But in the US, often it is physician assistants, who are very skilled at harvesting, [who] do the radial artery." Also, many patients worldwide now have their veins harvested endoscopically, ...

Endoscopic radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting yields a better cosmetic result and improved patient satisfaction based on the first 300 patients to have the procedure at ...

In situ gastroepiploic artery versus I-composite right internal thoracic artery radial artery for severe right coronary artery stenosis in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, JTCVS Open, 25 ...

Harvesting of the radial artery was well tolerated. Conclusions. Radial-artery grafts are associated with a lower rate of graft occlusion at one year than are saphenous-vein grafts.

Nearly 60% of secondary grafts involved either the radial artery or saphenous vein to the circumflex artery, while a little less than one-third were to the right coronary artery. The primary endpoint ...

The 20-year patency rate for radial artery grafts used as a conduit in CABG is comparable to use of the left internal thoracic artery, according to a study published in the Journal of the American ...

A radial artery taken from a patient's wrist or arm, versus a saphenous vein from the leg or thigh, has been shown to provide the best outcome five years after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Source Reference: Vervoort D and Fremes S "Antispasmodic medications to optimize long-term radial artery graft patency in CABG" Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2025; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.125.015199.