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ArticleIndian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2023

VEST III trial - should we support the vein grafts?

Pradeep Narayan

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Article in Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pradeep NarayanDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Narayana Health, 124, EM Bypass, Mukundapur Kolkata, 700099 India.ORCID 0000-0002-3843-1338
Narayana Health · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

VEST III trial is the largest randomized controlled trial to date to evaluate the role of external stents on late graft failure. In this study, an external stent was applied to vein grafts and compared with another unsupported vein graft in the same patient. The groups were compared for overall graft patency and intimal hyperplasia. Patent vein grafts were further assessed and graded based on the Fitzgibbon patency scale. This review discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the trial.

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External stentIntimal hyperplasiaVein graft patencyVEST

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PMID37124604
PMCPMC10140207
OpenAlexW4321437745

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