A no-touch vein harvesting technique reduces vein graft occlusion and improves patient outcomes at 3-year follow-up among patients undergoing CABG surgery.

No-touch' vein harvesting significantly reduces the risk of graft failure up to three years after coronary artery bypass ...

If there was no suppression by endocardial ablation, retrograde transvenous ethanol infusion with a single or double balloon technique was performed, targeting the earliest septal coronary vein. If ...

A wide variety of factors can result in heart attacks, but the most common cause of heart attack is coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD occurs when plaque builds up and causes a blockage or ...

Superimposed structures, such as the atria and appendages, pulmonary trunk, and cardiac veins, can obscure the ... technique can accurately depict coronary anatomy and its relation to the great ...

Currently, MSCT scanners provide high-quality cardiac images. Although rather robust images of the coronary artery are obtained frequently, MSCT coronary angiography is not sufficiently reliable ...

Capillaries are tiny vessels interconnecting the arteries and veins. Some of the most important arteries include the coronary arteries, which supply oxygen-rich blood directly to the heart muscle.