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Article: Recent studies from Boston University add new data to heart bypass surgery.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- January 18, 2009
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According to a study from the United States, "Vasospasm is the primary obstacle to widespread adoption of the radial artery as a conduit in coronary artery bypass grafting. We used optical coherence tomography, a catheter-based intravascular imaging modality, to measure the degree of radial artery spasm induced by means of harvest with electrocautery or a harmonic scalpel in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting."
"Radial arteries were harvested from 44 consecutive patients with a harmonic scalpel (n = 15) or electrocautery (n = 29). Vessels were imged before harvesting and after removal from the arm, with saphenous vein tracts serving as internal ...