The vasa vasorum are a vital microvascular network supporting the outer wall of larger blood
vessels. Although these dynamic microvessels have been studied for centuries, the …

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Current research
investigating the roles of nitric oxide (NO) with relevance to the cardiovascular system is an …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

Background Single centre studies support No Touch (NT) saphenous vein graft (SVG)
harvesting technique. The primary objective of the SUPERIOR SVG study was to determine …

Coronary artery bypass grafting is the most commonly performed cardiac surgical
procedure. Conduit selection is crucial to achieving early optimal outcomes, with graft …

Saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) occurs in
three phases: thrombosis, intimal hyperplasia, and atherosclerosis. Within the first month …

Albeit multiple studies demonstrated that vasa vasorum (VV) have a crucial importance in
vascular pathology, the informative markers and metrics of vascular inflammation defining …

Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) releases numerous factors and adipokines with
paracrine effects on both vascular structure and function. These effects are variable as they …

The saphenous vein is the most commonly used conduit in patients undergoing coronary
artery bypass surgery yet its patency is inferior to the internal thoracic artery. Vascular …

The saphenous vein is the most common conduit used in coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) yet its failure rate is higher compared to arterial grafts. An improvement in …