The contribution of vascular proliferation to the pathophysiology of in-stent restenosis, transplant vasculopathy and vein bypass graft failure is particularly important. Thus, an emerging ...

Lopes et al. have reported that endoscopic vein-graft harvesting in patients undergoing CABG surgery is associated with higher rates of vein-graft failure and adverse clinical outcomes when ...

Overall graft patency was 82.6% versus 87.8% (p < 0.001), saphenous vein graft patency was 76.6 ... stroke, or renal failure requiring dialysis) Primary long-term outcome within 1 year: composite ...

This is called a graft. When an artery is needed it's usually taken from the patient's chest during the by-pass surgery itself. When a vein is required, surgeons normally tap the patient's leg.

The research aims to understand underlying early and late mechanisms involved in vein graft failure with the aim of developing novel therapeutic approaches to improve patient outcome. Studies have ...

Dialysis is a treatment for people with kidney failure ... a surgical procedure and receive a graft to stabilize and enlarge the connected artery and vein and make dialysis access easier.

Professor Sarah George’s research group studies cardiovascular signalling pathways in cardiovascular diseases including atherosclerosis, restenosis, vein graft failure, aneurysms and post myocardial ...