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Open Access 01-12-2021 | Valvulotomy | Letter to the Editor

In the VEST trial: are we missed to address the pathology incurred by the external stent?

Authors: Vijayanand Palanisamy, Valikapthalil Mathew Kurian, Rajan sethuratnam

Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

In the VEST IV trial, the author concluded that external stenting of saphenous vein graft mitigates its remodeling and also significantly reduces the diffuse intimal hyperplasia and development of lumen irregularities at 4.5 years after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. We also have valuable a suggestion in addition to external stenting that might nullify the pathology caused by the stent and might enhances graft patency.

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Title: In the VEST trial: are we missed to address the pathology incurred by the external stent?
Authors: Vijayanand Palanisamy
Valikapthalil Mathew Kurian
Rajan sethuratnam
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Valvulotomy
Valvulotomy
Valvulotomy
Pathology
CABG
CABG
Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01640-6

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