Abstract
Background and Aims: Internal mammary arteries (IMA) demonstrate higher long-term patency after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery than saphenous veins (SV), yet the pathophysiological basis for better performance of arterial conduits is lacking. Here we evaluated thickening of intimal hyperplasia (IH) and expansion of vasa vasorum (VV), both recognised as surrogate markers of vascular inflammation, in arterial and venous grafts.
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