M.H Nemati - MD, Associate professor of cardiac surgery Shiraz University

In spite of all evidences of superiority of arterial grafts over vein grafts traditional CABG that is use of left internal thoracic artery for LAD &SVG for other vessels has been widely accepted for surgical treatment of CAD over 50 years because of technical complexity time contracts for conduit harvesting increased operative complications I discuss here the use of contemporary techniques to simplify this & safety & benefit of extensive or total arterial revascularization.