• Direct angiography demonstrates equal 8-12 years patency rates of radial artery and saphenous vein grafts 

      Bahar, Ramez; Dahl-Eriksen, Øystein; Busund, Rolf; Dahl, Per Erling; Hermansen, Stig Eggen; Iqbal, Amjid; Mannsverk, Jan; Myrmel, Truls; Steigen, Terje; Trovik, Thor; Sørlie, Dag Glen; Bartnes, Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-30)
      Objectives: The benefits of coronary artery bypass surgery depend on lasting graft patency. To aid rational graft selection, the relative long-term merits of radial artery and saphenous vein grafts need to be determined by a gold standard method and with minimal clinically driven selection bias. Methods: The patency rates of various conduits were determined by direct angiography in 76 patients from ...
    • Hypothermic cardiac arrest far away from the center providing rewarming with extracorporeal circulation. 

      Mark, Eckhard; Jacobsen, Olaf; Kjerstad, Astrid Kristine; Næsheim, Torvind; Busund, Rolf; Bahar, Ramez; Jensen, Jon Kjetil; Skorpen, Per Kristian; Bjertnæs, Lars J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      A 41-year-old man suffered hypothermic cardiac arrest after water immersion and was transported to our university hospital by ambulance helicopter for rewarming on cardiopulmonary bypass. He resumed spontaneous cardiac activity 6 h 52 min after cardiac arrest and recovered completely.
    • The risk factors for radial artery and saphenous vein graft occlusion are different 

      Bahar, Ramez; Hermansen, Stig Eggen; Dahl-Eriksen, Øystein; Busund, Rolf; Dahl, Per Erling; Iqbal, Amjid; Mannsverk, Jan Torbjørn; Myrmel, Truls; Steigen, Terje; Trovik, Thor; Sørlie, Dag Glen; Bartnes, Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-02)
      Objectives. To determine risk factors for radial artery and saphenous vein graft occlusion during long-term follow-up after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: From a cohort of 119 patients who had received a radial artery graft, 76 – of whom 55 also had at least one saphenous vein graft – underwent a preplanned direct angiography and anthropometric, biochemical, and endothelial ...