ReviewSpasm in Arterial Grafts in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
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Clinical Classification of Arterial Grafts
To better understand the differing biologic behavior of arterial grafts, a clinical classification may be useful for the practicing surgeon. Based on experimental studies of their vasoreactivity combined with anatomic, physiologic, and embryologic considerations, a functional classification for arterial grafts has been proposed that suggests there are three types of arterial grafts: type I, somatic arteries; type II, splanchnic arteries; and type III, limb arteries 19, 32.
Type I arteries, such
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