Naslov
No-touch saphenous vein graft harvesting to maintain the success of CABG: comments on the SUPERIOR SVG trial

Autori
Kopjar, Tomislav ; Botelho Pinheiro, Bruno ; Dashwood, Michael Richard

Izvornik
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular (0102-7638) 35 (2020), 4; 597-599

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pismo uredniku, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
CABG ; no-touch SVG

Sažetak
In the recent interview with Dr. Domingos Souza, published on the Journal’s blog, initial observations that lead to the introduction of the no-touch (NT) saphenous vein graft (SVG) harvesting technique for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were discussed[1]. Quoting Albert Einstein (“imagination is more important than knowledge”), Souza admits that his 1989 observations during CABG surgery lead to the advent of the NT technique. He observed that during conventional (CON) SVG harvesting, venospasm occurs exactly when the perivascular tissue is removed, hence the idea of keeping the perivascular tissue intact was born.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)

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