• Direct angiography demonstrates equal 8-12 years patency rates of radial artery and saphenous vein grafts 

      Bahar, Ramez; Dahl-Eriksen, Øystein; Busund, Rolf; Dahl, Per Erling; Hermansen, Stig Eggen; Iqbal, Amjid; Mannsverk, Jan; Myrmel, Truls; Steigen, Terje; Trovik, Thor; Sørlie, Dag Glen; Bartnes, Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-30)
      Objectives: The benefits of coronary artery bypass surgery depend on lasting graft patency. To aid rational graft selection, the relative long-term merits of radial artery and saphenous vein grafts need to be determined by a gold standard method and with minimal clinically driven selection bias. Methods: The patency rates of various conduits were determined by direct angiography in 76 patients from ...
    • Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Grafts Compared to Native Coronary Vessels: The Norwegian Coronary Stent Trial Study 

      Mølstad, Per; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Steigen, Terje; Wilsgaard, Tom; Wiseth, Rune; Rotevatn, Svein; Mannsverk, Jan Torbjørn; Larsen, Tommy; Larsby, Kristina; Skarstad, Sigrun; Fosse, Eivind Øygard; Dahl-Eriksen, Øystein; Bønaa, Kaare Harald (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01)
      Background: Drug-eluting stents (DES) reduce target lesion revascularization (TLR) with no effect on mortality or myocardial infarction (MI) compared to bare-metal stents (BMS) in native vessels. Randomized stent studies in saphenous vein grafts (SVG) are few and the reported effects are ambiguous. The Norwegian Coronary Stent Trial study is the first to randomize lesions to percutaneous coronary ...
    • The risk factors for radial artery and saphenous vein graft occlusion are different 

      Bahar, Ramez; Hermansen, Stig Eggen; Dahl-Eriksen, Øystein; Busund, Rolf; Dahl, Per Erling; Iqbal, Amjid; Mannsverk, Jan Torbjørn; Myrmel, Truls; Steigen, Terje; Trovik, Thor; Sørlie, Dag Glen; Bartnes, Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-02)
      Objectives. To determine risk factors for radial artery and saphenous vein graft occlusion during long-term follow-up after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: From a cohort of 119 patients who had received a radial artery graft, 76 – of whom 55 also had at least one saphenous vein graft – underwent a preplanned direct angiography and anthropometric, biochemical, and endothelial ...