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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) remain the most frequently used conduits in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).
Iosif Xenogiannis+16 more
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Interventions for great saphenous vein incompetence.
BACKGROUND Great saphenous vein (GSV) incompetence, causing varicose veins and venous insufficiency, makes up the majority of lower-limb superficial venous diseases.
Jade Whing+3 more
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The rate of the remodeling of the arterialized saphenous vein conduit limits the outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), which may be influenced by endothelial dysfunction.
T. Girão-Silva+9 more
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Endovenous thermal ablation is a first-line treatment for symptomatic varicose veins due to truncal vein reflux. Ablation of an incompetent great saphenous vein is usually performed from distally, with the vein access at the lowest point of reflux, or ...
Mark S Whiteley, Charlotte E Davies
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Elimination of saphenous reflux after tributary sclerotherapy: report of two cases
Most patients with chronic venous disease (CVD) and reflux in the saphenous vein are treated with saphenous stripping or ablation. The venous hemodynamics approach offers the possibility of treating saphenous reflux without eliminating the saphenous vein.
Felipe Puricelli Faccini+1 more
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Morphological Changes in Endothelial Cell Organelles in a No-Touch Saphenous Vein Graft [PDF]
Introduction: Improved long-term patency of the no-touch (NT) saphenous vein graft has been reported to result from the preservation of a healthy vascular microstructure, especially endothelial cells.
Akira Sugaya+3 more
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Objectives: To explore the impact of the no-touch harvesting technique on the vessel diameter of saphenous vein grafts. Methods: This retrospective, single-center study enrolled 166 patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting using ...
Hiroshi Kurazumi, MD, PhD+6 more
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SMALL SAPHENOUS VEIN: THE LIMB’S SMALL SAVIOR
Peripheral bypass grafting with autologous vein is the gold standard treatment of peripheral artery disease. In cases when the great saphenous vein is not available the arm veins or small saphenous veins are possible alternatives.
Luís Loureiro+2 more
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Primary varicose veins: Frequency, clinical significance and surgical treatment [PDF]
INTRODUCTION According to the definition of the World Health Organization, varicose veins represent abnormally enlarged superficial veins having baggy or cylindrical shape.
Vasić Dragan M.+5 more
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Great Saphenous Vein and Leiomyosarcoma [PDF]
IntroductionThe authors report a rare case of a leiomyosarcoma of the great saphenous vein (GSV), diagnosed in a 72-year-old male.ReportThe symptoms were limited to leg tension and pain during exercise; Duplex scan suggested a GSV thrombosis with an enlarged lymph node.
AMATO, BRUNO+4 more
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