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LITA
RA
RITA
LAD
RA
Fig.37.3 One convenient graft configuration to accomplish all- arterial, no- aortic- touch CABG. Cx marginal, left circumflex coronary artery; LAD, left
anterior descending coronary artery; LITA, left internal thoracic artery; PDA, posterior descending coronary artery; RA, radial artery; RITA, right internal
thoracic artery.
Guidelines forthe use oftotal arterial
revascularization
e American College of Cardiology Foundation/ American Heart
Association (classIIb) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/
European Association for Cardio- oracic Surgery (EACTS)
(class IIa) Guidelines support the use of TAR for ‘young patients’ with ‘reasonable life expectancy’., e 2018 ESC/ EACTS
Guidelines on myocardial revascularization emphasize complete
revascularization, minimization of aortic manipulation, use of BITA
and RA graing, and the skeletonized harvest of internal thoracic
arteries and recommend ‘anaortic’ o- pump CABG by experienced
operators. e STS clinical practice guidelines on arterial conduits
for CABG do not specically mention TAR but do oer guidance
for arterial graing. ey recommend the use of a second arterial
gra (RITA or RA) in appropriate patients (class of recommendation (COR) IIa, level of evidence (LOE) B), the use of BITA in patients without excessive risk of sternal complications (COR IIa, LOE
B), and the use of the RA when graing coronary targets with severe stenoses (COR IIa, LOE B). e latest American, European, and
Canadian guidelines on myocardial revascularization recommend
the involvement of a Heart Team comprised of a non- interventional
cardiologist, interventional cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, and other
care providers.,, ey further emphasize that the use of arterial
gras (specic targets, number, and type) should be part of the discussion of the Heart Team in determining the optimal approach to
revascularization (COR I, LOE C). e right gastroepiploic artery
may be considered in patients with poor conduit options or as an
adjunct to more complete arterial revascularization (COR IIb, LOE
B). ey further recommend the use of skeletonized BITA to reduce
the risk of sternal infection (COR IIa, LOE B).

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Conclusion
ere is a large body of evidence that points to a benet of TAR compared with conventional CABG for most patients. ere are less conclusive data on the superiority of TAR compared to revascularization
with two arterial gras plus SVGs, but most studies suggest a benet
with TAR. Both diabetic and elderly subpopulations may benet
from gra patency and reduction in stroke risk with TAR. For most
diabetic patients, BITA harvest can be performed with adjunctive
techniques to minimize sternal complications. Given the inherent
bias in observational studies of surgical revascularization, highquality prospective studies with sucient long- term follow- up are
needed.
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Harvestingconduits
Open versus endoscopic
Alice Wang and Peter K. Smith
Harvesting saphenous vein grafts foruse
incoronary bypasssurgery
e saphenous vein gra (SVG) remains the most commonly used
conduit for circumex, right coronary, and diagonal coronary gras
and is used in approximately 90% of patients undergoing coronary
artery bypass graing (CABG) in the United States. Vein gra failure
(VGF), however, remains a persistent disadvantage of the SVG compared to arterial conduits. Up to 15% of SVGs occlude within the
rst year and up to half are occluded by 10years. VGF has serious
clinical consequence as studies have found SVG occlusion to be
associated with the need for repeat revascularization, myocardial
infarction, and death. Consequently, much research has been dedicated to identifying causes of increased rates of VGF, particularly
whether the method of harvest aects SVG patency.
In 1967, Rene Favaloro published the rst successful series
using the SVG in CABG surgery. e greater saphenous vein was
harvested in a completely open fashion using a long leg incision
(Fig. 38.1). Disadvantages of this technique, however, included
postoperative pain and wound complications in 2– 25% of patients.
In 1996, surgeons began using an endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH)
technique, which involves a 3cm incision above the medial aspect
of the knee (Fig. 38.2). Up to 35cm of thigh saphenous vein can
be harvested and if further length is needed, the lower leg saphenous vein can be harvested through the same knee incision and
transected through a small incision above the medial malleolus. e
most commonly used EVH system (Maquet/ Getinge, Sweden) utilizes carbon dioxide to inate a ‘closed’ tunnel around the vein, and
under videoscopic visualization, the vein is bluntly dissected with
collateral branches isolated and divided with electrocautery. Aer
the SVG is removed, branches may be clipped or ligated and the vein
is gently ushed to remove any residual clots. Other systems (Sorin
LivaNova, Italy; Karl Storz, Tuttlingen, Germany) use manual mechanical force rather than carbon dioxide insuation to maintain an
‘open’ working tunnel. Vein branches may be divided with thermal
or ultrasonic energy (Harmonic® scalpel, Ethicon, USA). Proponents
of the latter believe that ultrasonic shears may expose the vein to
lower risk of thermal injury than electrocautery. However, the open
technique may be more physically demanding for operators and
thus far it has been less widely adopted than the closed, gas- inated
technique.
Pathophysiology ofSVGharvest
EVH and open harvest involve very dierent surgical techniques.
Unlike in open harvest, the most common technique for EVH requires electrocautery in close proximity to the SVG that may lead
to thermal injury, involves greater mechanical contact with and
Completely open technique
Bridged technique
Bridged incisions
Saphenous vein
harvest complete
Fig.38.1 Saphenous vein harvest:open and bridged techniques.

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Fig.38.2 Endoscopic saphenous vein harvest.
traction on the vein, and utilizes carbon dioxide to insuate the
subcutaneous cavity. Ex vivo carbon dioxide pressure distention can
damage gra endothelium, leading to a loss of antithrombotic factors and increased activity of prothrombotic factors. External pressure created by insuation can also lead to stasis and subsequent
thrombosis. Clot strands have been found in EVH harvested SVGs
and the mechanical manipulation needed to remove them may contribute to increased thrombogenicity. For these reasons, it is generally considered advisable to administer 2500 units of intravenous
heparin systemically, prior to beginning EVH, to avoid intraluminal
clots in SVGs, which may be dicult to detect and remove.
Molecular studies on the endothelial integrity of SVGs harvest
by EVH compared to open harvest have varied. Grith etal. analysed 88 patients who underwent EVH and 82 patients who underwent open harvesting using a histological grading system that did
not show a dierence between the two techniques. Rousou etal.
examined portions of SVG from EVH and open harvest in ten patients shortly aer excision using epiuorescence multiphoton microscopy, a more sensitive technique, and found more damage to
the endothelium in gras from the EVH group that may potentially
lead to worse patency rates. Hussani etal. studied 19 patients who
each underwent EVH and open harvesting, and analysed segments
for cell viability, calcium mobilization, and nitric oxide generation.
ey found similar viability, structure, and function in both groups
but the EVH group had partially attenuated calcium mobilization
and nitric oxide production that may cause increased occlusion
rates. Whether this inconclusive evidence of dierences in endothelial integrity at the molecular level would lead to dierences in clinical outcomes, however, requires further investigation.
Early studies ofEVH
Several early clinical studies demonstrated that EVH was associated
with decreased wound complications, improved postoperative pain,
and better patient satisfaction.– Early studies also found similar
VGF rates in patients who underwent EVH compared to those who
had open harvest. In 2003, a prospective clinical trial randomized
112 patients to receive either EVH or open harvest and found in
both groups similar rates of freedom from death, myocardial infarction, and recurrent ischaemia at 5- year follow- up (75% and 74%,
respectively). In 2005, Yun etal. completed a randomized clinical
trial and compared 6- month angiography of 73 patients who underwent EVH against 71 patients who underwent open harvest and
did not nd EVH to be a signicant predictor of gra occlusion.
ese studies, however, were limited by either small sample size or
short- term follow- up. Due to the signicant short- term benets of
EVH and the lack of studies suggesting inferiority, the International
Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery released a
consensus statement in 2005 recommending EVH as the preferred
technique. By 2008, EVH was used in 70% of CABG surgeries performed in the United States according to the Society of oracic
Surgery National Database; in 2018, that proportion was 92.7%.
Contemporary studies ofEVH
While many short- term benets were observed with EVH, studies
of long- term ecacy of EVH versus the open technique in large cohorts did not occur until aer the consensus statement was released.
In 2009, Lopes etal. performed a post hoc analysis of the Project
of Ex- Vivo Vein Gra Engineering via Transfection IV (PREVENT
IV) clinical trial data and analysed vein gra patency with angiography at 1year. e study compared 1753 patients who underwent
EVH against 1247 patients who underwent open harvest and found
signicantly higher rates of VGF among patients who underwent
EVH (27.2% vs 22.6%, respectively). Patients who underwent EVH
also had a higher risk of death, myocardial infarction, or repeat
revascularization. Zenati etal. followed this study and performed
a post hoc analysis of the Randomized On/ O Bypass (ROOBY)
trial, analysing 341 patients who underwent EVH and 553 who
underwent open harvest. ey also found EVH to be associated
with higher rates of VGF (41.3% vs 28.0%, respectively) and repeat
revascularization (6.7% vs 3.4%, respectively) at 1- year follow- up.
e major weakness of these studies, however, was that while both
contained sizable cohorts, neither study randomized patients between EVH and open harvest; thus, these comparisons may contain
unadjusted/ unknown bias.
ere have also been studies that have countered these ndings
and reported no signicant dierences in long- term outcomes between EVH and open techniques. Williams etal. analysed 235,394
patients using a merged Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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and Society of oracic Surgeons database and propensity- matched
patients who underwent EVH versus open harvest with median 3year follow- up and found no signicant dierences in mortality rates
(13.2% vs 13.4%, respectively) or the composite of death, myocardial
infarction, and revascularization (19.5% vs 19.7%, respectively).
Ameta- analysis by Deppe etal. analysed 16 randomized clinical
trials, and 27 observational studies from 1998 to 2011 and found
that while EVH had a signicantly higher incidence of VGF (26.9%
vs 20.3%, respectively), this was not associated with increased myocardial infarction or mortality.
e Randomized Endo- Vein Gra Prospective (REGROUP) trial
is the largest prospective randomized study comparing open harvest
and EVH (ClinicalTrials.gov identier: NCT01850082). e trial
was funded by the Veteran Aairs Medical Centers and enrolled
1150 patients from March 2014 to April 2017. At a mean follow- up of
2.7years, the composite primary outcome of major adverse cardiac
events, including death from any cause, non- fatal myocardial infarction, and repeat revascularization, occurred in 89 patients (15.5%)
in the open- harvest group and 80 patients (13.9%) in the EVH
group (hazard ratio 1.12; 95% condence interval (CI) 0.83– 1.51;
P=0.47). Leg- wound infections occurred signicantly more oen in
the open- harvest group (relative risk 2.26; 95% CI 0.99– 5.15). is
trial may be considered a denitive statement in support of EVH as
terms of wound infection and neurological decits. In contrast,
Bisleri and co- authors found that open RA harvesting was associated with increased wound infection (7.3% vs 0.0%; P= 0.007),
poorer wound healing on the Hollander scale (3.3 vs 4.7; P <0.001),
and increased prevalence of paraesthesia at late- term follow- up
(19.5% vs 3.6%; P <0.001).
Two metanalyses have compared endoscopic versus open
harvesting techniques for the RA., However, both were limited
by major methodological issues as they included mostly unmatched
observational studies. In an attempt to overcome those limitations,
Rahouma etal. recently used a meta- analytic approach limited to
randomized controlled trials and propensity score- matched studies
to investigate the impact of harvesting technique on RA gra patency and relevant clinical outcomes. e authors found that,
overall, ERAH was associated with a signicantly lower risk of
wound complication in comparison to open harvesting (odds ratio
(OR) 0.33, 95% CI 0.14– 0.77; P=0.01). No dierences were found in
RA patency rate (OR 1.36, 95% CI 0.91– 2.04; P=0.14) nor in early
mortality (OR 0.78, 95% CI 0.10– 6.11; P=0.81) and in 5- year mortality (OR 0.59, 95% CI 0.18– 1.93; P=0.87) between the two groups.
However, despite the use of a meta- analytic approach, due
to the low event rate in both groups, even this analysis can be
underpowered.
a standard for the harvest of SVGs during coronary bypass surgery.
Nonetheless, it is both intuitively obvious and scientically proven
that trauma to SVGs during harvest will reduce their patency and
diminish the benet of CABG to the patient. Indeed, in other chapters in this textbook, the importance of atraumatic conduit harvest
is emphasized and a growing literature supports a ‘no- touch’ technique for SVG harvest, resulting in outstanding short- and longterm patency of SVGs aer CABG. Whether performed by the open
technique or by use of one of the various commercially available
endoscopic systems, meticulous attention to minimizing trauma to
the conduit during harvest is an essential element to optimizing clinical outcomes aer CABG.
Harvesting radial artery conduits foruse
incoronary artery bypasssurgery
Debate exists as to the best approach for radial artery (RA)
harvesting. Similarly to EVH, endoscopic RA harvesting (ERAH)
has developed in order to minimize the trauma and improve patient
satisfaction. ERAH oers the advantages of superior cosmetic and
perioperative outcomes, whereas sceptics highlight the lack of robust clinical data on ERAH, especially with regard to gra patency.
Integrity of the endothelium is crucial for the normal function
of vessels, with any intimal damage potentially leading to conduit
failure. e RA is more fragile than the saphenous vein and endothelial integrity is of pivotal importance for the RA which is known
for its early spastic tendency. For these reasons, the concerns regarding vessel damage are even higher for the RA when using an
endoscopic approach.
e comparative studies of open versus endoscopic approaches
yielded dierent results and no consensus about the ideal harvesting
method currently exists. In a propensity score- matched study, Navia
and colleagues found no dierence between the two techniques in
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Harvesting arterial conduits
Skeletonized versus pedicle versus semi- skeletonized
Umberto Benedetto, Brian F. Buxton, and David P. Taggart
Internal thoracicartery
e use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITAs) has been
associated with an increased occurrence of sternal wound infections aer coronary artery bypass graing (CABG). e increased risk of sternal wound complications appears to be caused
by sternal ischaemia and/ or venous congestion occurring aer
BITA harvesting. Traditionally, the internal thoracic artery (ITA)
has been dissected as a pedicle that includes the artery and accompanying veins, endothoracic fascia, a part of the parietal pleura, and,
distally, the transversus thoracis muscle. Electrocautery has commonly been used to divide the branches aer the application of clips
on the artery side. Several techniques have been developed to reduce
sternal ischaemia aer ITA dissection. Askeletonizing technique of
the ITA harvest is one such method in which the ITA is dissected as
an isolated artery rather than as a pedicle, and electrocautery is either avoided or used in very low- power settings. Some of the sternal
branches and anterior intercostal arteries of the ITA can arise from
the ITA as a common trunk. If these common trunks are preserved
during ITA dissection, the sternal collateral blood supply may be
better preserved aer ITA dissection (Fig. 39.1). Dissecting the le
ITA as a pedicle gra reduces blood ow to the sternum more than
does dissecting the ITA in a skeletonized fashion., Although skeletonized harvesting is technically demanding, it is associated with excellent ow and patency rates at least comparable to those observed
with pedicled ITA gras. Moreover, it may reduce the incidence of
neuropathic pain following surgery. Finally, many authors believe
that additional conduit length provided by skeletonization improves
the ease of arterial graing, facilitates sequential graing, and increases the number of possible arterial distal anastomoses.
Sternal woundcomplications
In a large randomized trial comparing BITA versus single ITA
graing, 10.7% of patients presented with a sternal wound complication of some degree within 1year from the index operation.
However, only 3.6% had severe sternal wound complications, with
2.4% requiring antibiotic therapy and 1.2% requiring sternal wound
reconstruction. Pedicled BITAs (16.1%) but not skeletonized BITAs
(9.6%) increased the risk of any sternal wound complication when
compared to the standard pedicled single ITAs (9.5%). e rate of
sternal wound reconstruction in this trial was particularly low and
no signicant dierences were found between pedicled (1.5%) and
skeletonized (2.1%) BITAs.
A meta- analysis conducted by Sá etal., involving 4817 patients
(2424 skeletonized and 2393 pedicled), showed a statistically signicant dierence in the incidence of sternal infections between the two
types of graing. Skeletonized graing (xed eect model:odds
ratio (OR) 0.443, 95% condence interval (CI) 0.323– 0.608; P
<0.001; random eect model: OR 0.443, 95% CI 0.323– 0.608; P
<0.001) was associated with a reduction in the incidence of postCABG sternal infection, with diabetes having a major inuence.
Notably, the rate of sternal complications has been shown to be associated with the centre’s experience in the use of BITA gras.
Flow and patency rate withskeletonized
versus pedicled ITAgrafts
e rate of sternal wound infections is higher when both ITAs are
used but appears to decrease when the ITAs are skeletonized. For this
reason, skeletonization is gaining popularity and is a classI(level
of evidence B) recommendation in the 2018 European Society of
Cardiology/ European Association for Cardio- oracic Surgery
Guidelines on myocardial revascularization for patients at increased
risk of sternal wound problems. However, skeletonization may increase the risk of damaging an ITA during harvest compared to
preparing a pedicled gra, especially in regard to intramural haematoma. Moreover, the skeletonized ITA is partially denuded of the adventitia and its vasa vasorum during skeletonization and there have
been theoretical concerns that this might potentially aect its ow
and long- term patency rate. However, several studies did not conrm this hypothesis. Sasajima and co- workers found no histological
evidence of detrimental eects in skeletonized ITAs harvested in
dogs. In an immunohistochemical study that used polyclonal antibody to factor VIII to assess the integrity of the endothelial layer
aer surgical preparation, Gaudino and colleagues concluded that
there was no dierence between skeletonized and pedicled ITAs in
40 randomized patients.

Sternum
Internal thoracic artery
taken as a pedicle
taken as a skeleton
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Anterior intercostal
artery
Fig.39.1 Skeletonized (blue) versus pedicled (red) harvesting.
Posterior intercostal
artery
Research regarding ow and patency rate of skeletonized versus
pedicled ITAs is limited. Available studies reveal that both skeletonized and pedicled gras are associated with outstanding early
and mid- term patency. One meta- analysis on intraoperative ow
capacity of the gras including eight studies found a statistically
signicant dierence in favour of the skeletonized ITA compared
with the pedicled ITA in terms of ow capacity (additional 20.8 mL/
min; 95% CI 6.6– 35.0; P=0.004). However, no dierence was found
when randomized studies only were included (additional 13.2 mL/
min; 95% CI −1.1 to 27.6; P=0.071). One reason for conicting results regarding ITA ows may be due to variation in skeletonization
techniques and in the type of vasodilator used. With regard to patency rate, a pooled analysis of ve studies involving 1764 evaluated conduits (1145 skeletonized; 619 pedicled) showed that the
two techniques were comparable in terms of risk of occlusion (OR
1.351, 95% CI 0.408– 4.471; P=0.801). In addition, sensitivity analysis showed no dierence in patency between the le and right ITA.
Post- CABG pain withskeletonized versus
pedicledITA
e ITA syndrome is a triad consisting of pain, allodynia, and dysesthesia subsequent to ITA. Skeletonization of ITA gras has consistently been demonstrated to reduce post- CABG pain and the
incidence of major sensory decits at 1- month and 3- month followup., e generally accepted reason for reduced incidence and severity of post- CABG pain when the ITA is harvested in a skeletonized
fashion is that skeletonized harvesting preserves the anterior branch
of the intercostal nerve. However, patients do not usually detect any
signicant dierence in post- CABG pain between skeletonized and
non- skeletonized sides immediately aer surgery; this dierence
may be noted later aer surgery, when competing sources of pain
from the midline skin incision and sternotomy have subsided.
Semi- skeletonized ITAharvesting
Despite its relative advantages, skeletonized harvesting is more
technically demanding and time- consuming than pedicled harvest. An alternative technique, named ‘semi- skeletonization’, may
combine advantages of both the conventional technique and the
skeletonization technique. e ITA can be prepared with its
maximum length without major alteration of the conventional
pedicled technique. In the semi- skeletonized technique, a single initial incision is made in the endothoracic fascia longitudinally along
the medial side of the accompanying vein just as in the conventional
pedicled fashion. Rather than making a second lateral incision in the
endothoracic fascia and harvesting a strip of the fascia along with the
vessels, the ITA pedicle with accompanying veins and surrounding
thin tissue is mobilized from the endothoracic fascia and harvested
without removing endothoracic fascia or muscle tissue. is manoeuvre is like scraping the ITA o the endothoracic fascia with a
cold cautery tip or scissors. Branches can be divided with either lowpower cautery or clips and scissors; many surgeons clip the branch
on the ITA side and use low- power cautery on the peripheral side.
Another modication of the pedicled harvesting technique is the
preservation of the communicating musculophrenic and superior
epigastric arteries to the chest wall; this is accomplished by dividing
the harvested ITA above its terminal bifurcation and leaving the
distal bifurcation intact on the inferior chest wall near the xiphoid.
In addition, preservation of the pericardiacophrenic artery and the
sternal intercostal trunks of the ITA possibly promotes the collateral circulation to the sternum and presternal tissues aer BITA
harvest. Both techniques have been found to be associated with a
lower incidence of sternal wound infection, although the evidence is
very limited, and concern for potential steal phenomena motivates
many surgeons to divide these branches routinely.
Radial artery and right gastroepiploic
arteryharvesting
Ever since Keeley rst reported skeletonization of the ITA in 1987,
there has been interest in the potential benets of skeletonization
of other conduits such as the radial artery and right gastroepiploic
artery. Concerns have been raised regarding vessel spasm and luminal diameter in these arterial conduits. Both the radial artery and
the right gastroepiploic artery have more smooth muscle cells in the
wall and consequently a higher tendency to spasm when compared
to the ITA.
Initially, both the radial and gastroepiploic arteries were harvested as pedicles. However, recent reports indicate that radial and gastroepiploic arteries are also being harvested
gastroepiploic artery skeletonization argue that it facilitates surgical
manipulation, increases gra luminal diameter, reduces gra spasm,
and reduces the incidence of early gra stenosis (string sign). On the
other hand, critics of the skeletonization technique argue that the
method is more technically demanding and therefore more likely
to lead to vessel damage both macroscopically and microscopically
and that microscopic endothelial damage may predispose to early
gra stenosis.
e highest quality study assessing vessel endothelial damage was
performed by Rukosujew etal. ey used scanning electron microscopy to look for possible endothelial damage in surplus conduit
pieces. Minor endothelial damage was consistently observed in all
vessels, regardless of harvesting technique, and dierences between
harvesting techniques were therefore considered to not be clinically
signicant.

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Fukata etal. assessed the eect of skeletonized harvest techniques
on the vessel wall by looking at the maximum depth of thermal degeneration. is study demonstrated that thermal degeneration was
limited to the vessel’s connective tissue and did not aect the media
or intima in vessels used in a clinical setting. Skeletonization of both
radial artery and gastroepiploic artery does not have an adverse effect on angiographic patency; in fact, some report it may improve patency, presumably by allowing greater dilation and ow and avoiding
tension due to the longer length of the harvested conduit.,
Conclusion
In conclusion, skeletonization is generally safe for the internal thoracic, radial, and gastroepiploic arteries and may improve gra ow
and angiographic patency. Skeletonization may also increase the
length of the conduit, and so facilitate a larger number of sequential gras. Importantly, skeletonized harvest of ITAs mitigates the
increased risk of sternal wound infection that accompanies BITA
graing. Indeed, skeletonized harvest of even a single ITA reduces
the risk of sternal wound complications compared to pedicled harvest. Many dedicated coronary surgeons therefore use skeletonized
harvest routinely for all ITAs; most of these surgeons also preserve
the distal bifurcation of the ITA, leaving it intact on the chest wall
to facilitate healing. However, skeletonized harvest techniques are
somewhat more demanding than traditional pedicled harvest techniques and meticulous attention to detail is necessary to optimize
the quality of conduits harvested and thus optimize clinical outcomes aer CABG.
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