Preserving the endothelium in saphenous vein graft with both conventional and no-touch preparation

SUPERIOR SVG: no touch saphenous harvesting to improve patency following coronary bypass grafting (a multi-Centre randomized control trial, NCT01047449)

(2019) Saswata Deb et al.   Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Long-term clinical outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting with pedicled saphenous vein grafts

(2018) Mikael Janiec et al.   Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Endothelial cell markers from clinician's perspective

(2017) Jelena Rakocevic et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY

The no-touch saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass grafting maintains a patency, after 16 years, comparable to the left internal thoracic artery: A randomized trial

(2015) Ninos Samano et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Pressure Control During Preparation of Saphenous Veins

(2014) Fan Dong Li et al.   JAMA Surgery

Pedicled no-touch saphenous vein graft harvest limits vascular smooth muscle cell activation: the PATENT saphenous vein graft study†

(2013) Subodh Verma et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

The impact of distension pressure on acute endothelial cell loss and neointimal proliferation in saphenous vein grafts

(2012) R. Stigler et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

High-Pressure Distention of the Saphenous Vein During Preparation Results in Increased Markers of Inflammation: A Potential Mechanism for Graft Failure

(2011) Maseeha S. Khaleel et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Melanosomes Are Transferred from Melanocytes to Keratinocytes through the Processes of Packaging, Release, Uptake, and Dispersion

(2011) Hideya Ando et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Slower progression of atherosclerosis in vein grafts harvested with ‘no touch’ technique compared with conventional harvesting technique in coronary artery bypass grafting: an angiographic and intravascular ultrasound study

(2010) Benny L. Johansson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

The “no-touch” harvesting technique for vein grafts in coronary artery bypass surgery preserves an intact vasa vasorum

(2010) Mats Dreifaldt et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Retaining perivascular tissue of human saphenous vein grafts protects against surgical and distension-induced damage and preserves endothelial nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide synthase activity

(2009) Michael R. Dashwood et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Late Results of Conventional Versus All-Arterial Revascularization Based on Internal Thoracic and Radial Artery Grafting

(2008) Anoar Zacharias et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Assembly of Weibel Palade body-like tubules from N-terminal domains of von Willebrand factor

(2008) R.-H. Huang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA