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Life-saving heart surgery could become more reliable - and longer lasting - thanks to Manchester scientists.
Experts from Manchester Metropolitan University are aiming to improve arterial bypass surgery by creating longer-lasting ‘grafts’ - where fat-clogged arteries are replaced with new ones.
The new-style grafts improve blood flow where they meet the artery. The developments could save health bosses millions of pounds each year.
Grafts are commonly used in heart bypass surgery to treat coronary artery disease or for peripheral vascular diseases, but the ‘junctions’ can wear over time.
Coronary artery bypass grafts are the most common cardiac operation in England, with 20,000 carried out each year. But they have a limited lifespan of just eight to 15 years.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...scientists-heart-surgery-breakthrough-8544430
Experts from Manchester Metropolitan University are aiming to improve arterial bypass surgery by creating longer-lasting ‘grafts’ - where fat-clogged arteries are replaced with new ones.
The new-style grafts improve blood flow where they meet the artery. The developments could save health bosses millions of pounds each year.
Grafts are commonly used in heart bypass surgery to treat coronary artery disease or for peripheral vascular diseases, but the ‘junctions’ can wear over time.
Coronary artery bypass grafts are the most common cardiac operation in England, with 20,000 carried out each year. But they have a limited lifespan of just eight to 15 years.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...scientists-heart-surgery-breakthrough-8544430