The Use of Radial Artery for CABG: An Update

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(a) Asymptomatic brachial artery occlusion fortuitously discovered on a postoperative coronary angiogram in a patient having undergone radial artery grafting. This case belongs to the early series. Nowadays, preoperative echo-Doppler of the upper-limb would have revealed the lesion, and RA would not have been used. (b, c) Media calcinosis of the radial artery. (b) Nonobstructive mediacalcinosis in a diabetic patient; (c) atheromatous occlusion with intraluminal thrombus. (d) Traumatic injury for transradial artery coronary intervention. Note that the size of the sheath (arrow) equals that of the vessel lumen.

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