Researchers find that using patients own blood, rather than saline, helps preserve veins in coronary bypass grafts miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>In a collaboration between the <a href="https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/">Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC</a> and <a href="https://www.carilionclinic.org/specialties/cardiothoracic-surgery">Carilion Clinic</a>, researchers learned that by preserving large superficial leg veins intended for coronary bypass grafting in a mixture of the anticoagulant heparin and blood, rather than heparin and saline, the veins were better protected from cell and tissue damage. The study was limited by its short duration and small sample size it included 25 patients. It specifically examined veins, but was not designed to look at patient outcomes and long-term results. </p>
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