April 10, 2013Annals of Surgery
Saphenous Vein Graft Failure After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Population
Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
New VGF prevention strategies warrant clinical caution until validated; leaves open optimal multidisciplinary protocols for future trials.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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Intervention
Saphenous vein graft failure (VGF) prevention strategies including gene therapy, external graft support, fully tissue-engineered grafts, hybrid grafts, and synthetic conduits
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Outcome
Saphenous Vein Graft Failure (VGF)
Emerging strategies for preventing saphenous vein graft failure after CABG show promise but require further clinical validation.
Cite This Study
Harskamp et al. (2013) studied this question.