In vitro effects of L-carnitine on coronary artery bypass grafts.

Background: The gold standard treatment for multivessel coronary revascularization is coronary artery bypass grafting. The internal mammary artery and saphenous vein grafts are the conduits most frequently used for these operations. Spasm of arterial and venous grafts is a significant problem during the operation.

Harvesting of the radial artery: subfasciotomy or full skeletonization: a comparative study.

Background: Long fasciotomy of the posterior aspect of the radial artery (RA) for the purpose of sympathectomy is one of the surgical techniques for the preparation of this graft. We compared the early results of this technique with those of the RA graft harvested as a pedicle in the conventional fashion.

Methods: The study patients have been selected from the patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using the RA graft harvested either with a long posterior fasciotomy (group 1) or as a whole with a pedicle in the classical manner (group 2).

[Missed aortic transection following blunt trauma: a case report].

Missed vascular injuries following blunt traumas can lead to fatal clinical conditions that require an emergency intervention. Aortic transection (AT) is the most fatal complication of these missed vascular injuries. In this case report an AT that developed following a blunt trauma is presented.