CHICAGO, IL—For patients undergoing CABG with vein grafts, endoscopic harvesting in expert hands is on par with traditional open-harvesting methods in terms of subsequent major adverse cardiac events, ...

July 31, 2012 (Durham, North Carolina) — A massive observational study shows that the mortality rate for CABG surgery patients is about the same whether their vein grafts are harvested endoscopically ...

Acadesine Doesn’t Improve Outcomes After CABG For patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, use of endoscopic vein-graft harvesting is associated with similar long-term outcomes ...

July 16, 2009 (Durham, North Carolina) — Endoscopic vein-graft harvesting, currently the method of choice for 70% of coronary artery bypass procedures done in the US, is linked to significantly higher ...

Endoscopic harvesting of saphenous veins for use in CABG surgery has become standard practice worldwide. This strategy reduces postoperative infection and hospital stay, and increases patients' ...

Endoscopic vessel harvesting (EVH) is a minimally invasive procedure performed right before coronary artery bypass grafting, or bypass surgery. A physicians’ assistant (PA) typically performs the ...

The endoscopic device manufactured by Maquet was originally developed for harvesting of the saphenous vein and radial artery as conduits for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. These vessels are ...

Boston startup Saphena Medical is kicking off a Series B round for its endoscopic vein harvesting device. The startup launched last year with $3 million in Series A funding, which it said at the time ...

DURHAM, N.C.— Using an endoscope to guide the removal of leg veins used in heart surgery is as safe as using large, ankle-to-groin incisions, according to a study by Duke University Medical Center ...

This section describes safety outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see the ...

SARATOGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2003--Starion Instruments announced today that it has signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT), a world leader in the ...