In a collaboration between the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Carilion Clinic, researchers have learned that by preserving large superficial leg veins intended for coronary bypass ...
Sections of this vein may be harvested for use in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery for heart disease. Like all venous vessels, the walls of the great saphenous vein are composed of ...
Your heart pumps blood and oxygen to all of the organs and tissues of the body through a network of “pipes” called arteries and veins. The heart muscle needs oxygen-rich blood to do its job. The ...