Vein graft preservation solutions, patency, and outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: follow-up from the PREVENT IV randomized clinical trial.

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Published in JAMA Surg on August 01, 2014

Authors

Ralf E Harskamp1, John H Alexander2, Phillip J Schulte2, Colleen M Brophy3, Michael J Mack4, Eric D Peterson2, Judson B Williams2, C Michael Gibson5, Robert M Califf6, Nicholas T Kouchoukos7, Robert A Harrington8, T Bruce Ferguson9, Renato D Lopes2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina2Heart Center, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2: Department of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
3: Division of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
4: Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute, Dallas, Texas.
5: PERFUSE Angiographic Laboratory, Boston, Massachusetts.
6: Department of Medicine, Duke Translational Medicine Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
7: Heart Center, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri.
8: Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
9: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

Associated clinical trials:

Prevention of Autogenous Vein Graft Failure in Coronary Artery Bypass Procedures | NCT00042081

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