Prebypass histological and ultrastructural evaluation of the long saphenous vein as a predictor of early graft failure

Motwani, 1998, Aortocoronary saphenous vein graft disease: pathogenesis, predisposition and prevention, Circulation, 97, 916, 10.1161/01.CIR.97.9.916 Hicks, 1997, The influence of diabetes on the vasomotor responses of saphenous vein and the development of infra-inguinal vein graft stenosis, Diabetes, 46, 113, 10.2337/diabetes.46.1.113 Redwood, 1999, Autogenous artery grafts in hypertensive (SHR) rats do not have increased smooth muscle cell hyperplasia in the graft neointima, compared with grafts in normotensive rats, J Anat, 195, 407, 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1999.19530407.x Bourassa, 1991, Fate of venous grafts: the past, the present and the future, J Am Coll Cardiol, 5, 1081, 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90835-W Lawrie, 1991, Long-term results of coronary artery by-pass surgery. Analysis of 1698 patient followed 15 to 20 years, Ann Surg, 213, 377, 10.1097/00000658-199105000-00001 Sales, 1993, Saphenous vein angioscopy: a valuable method to detect unsuspected venous disease, J Vasc Surg, 18, 198, 10.1016/0741-5214(93)90599-H Giannoukas, 1997, Pre-bypass quality assessment of the long saphenous vein wall with ultrasound and histology, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 14, 37, 10.1016/S1078-5884(97)80223-7 Kanellaki-Kyparissi, 2005, Histological study of arterial and venous grafts before their use in aortocoronary bypass surgery, Hellenic J Cardiol, 46, 21 Kouzi-Koliakos, 2004, The role of apoptosis in the failure of vascular grafts, Hellenic J Cardiol, 45, 391 Chello, 2003, Pressure distention stimulates the expression of endothelial adhesion molecules in the human saphenous vein graft, Ann Thorac Surg, 76, 453, 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00433-8 Novicki, 2004, Immunocytochemical study on endothelial integrity of saphenous vein grafts harvested by minimal invasive surgery with the use of vascular Mayo stripers. A randomized controlled trial, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 27, 244, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2003.12.023 Hofstra, 1996, Enhanced cellular proliferation in intact stenotic lesions derived from human arteriovenous fistulas and peripheral bypass grafts, Circulation, 94, 1283, 10.1161/01.CIR.94.6.1283 Yin, 1994, Differences in thrombosis and composition of advanced atherosclerotic lesions between natives and non-natives of Alaska, FASEB J, 8, A268 Stary, 1994, A definition of initial, fatty streak, and intermediate lesions of atherosclerosis. A report from the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Atherosclerosis, American Heart Association, Arterioscler Thromb, 14, 840, 10.1161/01.ATV.14.5.840 Mojsilovic-Petrovic, 2004, Development of rapid staining protocols for laser-capture microdissection of brain vessels from human and rat coupled to gene expression analyses, J Neurosci Methods, 133, 39, 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.09.026 Thatte, 2001, The coronary artery bypass conduit: I. Intraoperative endothelial injury and its implication on graft patency, Ann Thorac Surg, 72, S2245, 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03272-6 Lamm, 2002, Continuous graft perfusion: optimizing the quality of saphenous vein grafts, Heart Surg Forum, 5, 5355 Scaeffer, 1997, Damage to arterial and venous endothelial cells in bypass grafts induced by several solutions used in bypass surgery, Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 45, 168, 10.1055/s-2007-1013717 Hickethier, 1999, Ultrastructural investigations for reducing endothelial cell damage of vein grafts during CABG-operation and practical consequences, J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino), 40, 71 Mompeo, 1998, Diabetes-induced structural changes of venous and arterial endothelium and smooth muscle cells, J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol, 30, 475 Schwartz, 1985, Aortic intimal monocyte recruitment in the normo and hypercholesterolemic baboon (Papio cynocephalus). An ultrastructural study: implications in atherogenesis, Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol, 405, 175, 10.1007/BF00704370 Tokumura, 2002, Increased formation of lysophosphatidic acids by lysophospholipase D in serum of hypercholesterolemic rabbits, J Lipid Res, 43, 307, 10.1016/S0022-2275(20)30173-5 Angelini, 1990, Distention promotes platelet and leukocyte adhesion and reduces short-term patency in pig arteriovenous bypass grafts, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 99, 433, 10.1016/S0022-5223(19)36973-9 Eslami, 2001, Monocyte adhesion to human vein grafts: a marker for occult intraoperative surgery?, J Vasc Surg, 34, 923, 10.1067/mva.2001.118590 Davies, 1992, Vein compliance: a preoperative indicator of vein morphology and of veins at risk of vascular graft stenosis, Br J Surg, 79, 1019, 10.1002/bjs.1800791011 Davies, 1994, Systemic hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in vein grafts: effects on the function and morphology of experimental vein grafts, J Surg Res, 57, 106, 10.1006/jsre.1994.1118 Dietrich, 2000, Rapid development of vein graft atheroma in Apo-E deficient mice, Am J Pathol, 157, 659, 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64576-2 Higman, 1994, Is thickening of the basal lamina in the saphenous vein a hallmark of smoking?, Br Heart J, 71, 45, 10.1136/hrt.71.1.45 Getz, 1993, Report on the workshop on diabetes and mechanisms of atherogenesis, Arterioscler Thromb, 13, 459, 10.1161/01.ATV.13.3.459 Willard, 1992, Intravascular ultrasound imaging of saphenous vein grafts in vitro: comparison with histologic and quantitative angiographic findings, J Am Coll Cardiol, 19, 759, 10.1016/0735-1097(92)90514-N Gotoh, 2004, E-Selectin blockade decreases adventitial inflammation and attenuates intimal hyperplasia in carotid arteries after balloon injury, Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 24, 2063, 10.1161/01.ATV.0000145942.31404.20 Clowes, 1983, Mechanisms of stenosis after arterial injury, Lab Invest, 49, 208 Saunders, 2004, Vein graft arterialization causes differential activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 127, 1276, 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.07.017 Varty, 1996, Vein morphology and bypass graft stenosis, Br J Surg, 83, 1375, 10.1002/bjs.1800831015 Yamada, 1997, Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural examination of smooth muscle cells in aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts, Angiology, 48, 381, 10.1177/000331979704800502 Ehsan, 2001, Long-term stabilization of vein graft wall architecture and prolonged resistance to experimental atherosclerosis after E2F decoy oligonucleotide gene therapy, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 121, 714, 10.1067/mtc.2001.111204 Mann, 1999, Ex-vivo gene therapy of human vascular bypass grafts with E2F decoy: the PREVENT single-centre, randomized, controlled trial, Lancet, 354, 1493, 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)09405-2 Langerak, 2002, Detection of vein graft disease using high-resolution magnetic resonance angiography, Circulation, 105, 328, 10.1161/hc0302.102598