Difference between Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in Arterial and in Venous Coronary Bypass Grafts
- 25 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 319 (8) , 462-467
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198808253190802
Abstract
Both the internal mammary artery and the saphenous vein are used to construct coronary-artery bypass grafts. We hypothesized that the release or production of endothelium-derived relaxing factor, which regulates blood flow and inhibits platelet function, may differ in venous and arterial grafts. We therefore studied endothelium-dependent relaxation in internal mammary arteries, internal mammary veins, and saphenous veins obtained from 58 patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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