The purpose of this study is to study the effects of polyarginine treated vein grafts on graft patency for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
Double blind study with Lactated Ringers Solution and Lactated Ringers Solution with Arginine soaked for 10 minutes prior to grafting on the coronary arteries.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
540
Vein soak treated with polyarginine
Vein soak
St. Luke's Hospital
Chesterfield, Missouri, United States
RECRUITINGTo study the effects of arginine on saphenous vein graft patency rates
To study the effects of arginine on saphenous vein graft patency rates
Time frame: 12 months post operation
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