Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery is widely performed, with an estimated 800,000 procedures worldwide each year. This procedure is one of the most studied medical treatments in the history of surgery with a tremendous number of trials, studies and registries
addressing almost every detail of the operation. For every CABG procedure, it is necessary to harvest at least one graft, but more frequently several grafts. These conduits are prepared with clips or ligations, flushed and stored at least for a short period of time between procurement
and construction of the anastomosis. Only a few studies have addressed the optimal conditions for storage of vascular grafts during surgery. The results of such studies remain contradictory with a focus on three types of substances, namely heparinized autologous blood, physiological saline, and recently developed commercial solutions as storage media. Conservation conditions of venous and arterial grafts with focus on the various types of media, their outcome and the potential for novel agents will be discussed in this webinar.

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Prof. Dr. med. Theodor Fischlein
Director and chief surgeon
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Paracelsus Medical University (PMU)
Cardiovascular Center
Nuremberg, Germany

PD Dr. med. Gábor Veres, PhD 
Assistant medical director, 
chief deputy physician
Department of Cardiovascular surgery,
Martin-Luther-University
Halle-Wittenberg (Saale), Germany