Population
Saphenous vein graft sections from patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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May support trials of perivascular fat preservation in vein grafts; leaves open human patency effects.
Perivascular fat surrounding saphenous vein grafts possesses significant NO synthase activity, suggesting its preservation during atraumatic harvesting may improve graft patency.
Dashwood et al. (2007) studied this question.
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