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Strategies to Reduce Intraluminal Clot Formation in Endoscopically Harvested Saphenous Veins. J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg. 2007; 134:1259-1265. Brown, E. et al.
In this 40-patient study, intraluminal saphenous vein clot formation was compared between endoscopic vein harvesting systems. Results indicate that systemic heparanization and an open system can lessen this complication.
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Continuous Graft Perfusion: Optimizing the Quality of Saphenous Vein Grafts. Heart Surgery Forum. 2002;5(4);S355-S361. Lamm, P et al.
In this 80-patient study, conventional vein harvest was compared to EVH and endothelial integrity was found to be superior when using EVH.
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Carbon Dioxide Embolism During Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003; 126:2011-2015. Lin, T et al.
In this 403-patient study, the incidence of significant CO2 embolism during EVH with CO2 insufflation procedures was more than 4% and that continuous monitoring was essential in early detection.
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The Transition From Open to Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting and its Clinical Impact; Texas Heart Institute Journal 2006;33:316-320. Lai, T et al.
This retrospective study of 1,573 procedures concluded that EVH reduces leg wound infections, is safe and reliable, and should be the standard of care for CABG procedures.
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Randomized Trial of Endoscopic Versus Open Vein Harvest for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Six Month Patency Rates. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005;129:496-503. Yun, K et al.
This 200-patient study concluded that EVH reduces leg wound complications as compared to open technique without compromising the 6-month patency rate.
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