[HTML][HTML] Harvesting the saphenous vein with surrounding tissue for CABG provides long-term graft patency comparable to the left internal thoracic artery: results of a …

DSR Souza, B Johansson, L Bojö, R Karlsson… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Conventional harvesting of the saphenous vein in coronary artery bypass
surgery produces vessel damage that contributes to graft failure. A novel “no touch” …

Slower progression of atherosclerosis in vein grafts harvested with 'no touch'technique compared with conventional harvesting technique in coronary artery bypass …

BL Johansson, DSR Souza, L Bodin… - European journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: In a long-term randomised coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) study, the
patency rate using a new 'no touch'(NT) vein-graft preparation technique was superior to the …

Left ventricular contraction pattern changes with age in normal adults

B Wandt, L Bojö, L Hatle, B Wranne - Journal of the American Society of …, 1998 - Elsevier
Left ventricular ejection fraction is known to be unchanged or slightly increased with
advancing age. This echocardiographic study, including 40 healthy subjects 18 to 70 years …

No touch vein harvesting technique for CABG improves the long-term clinical outcome

BL Johansson, DSR Souza, L Bodin… - Scandinavian …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives. To investigate the long-term clinical outcome, averaging 8.5 years, of two
saphenous vein harvesting techniques for CABG; no touch (NT) versus conventional (C) …

The no-touch vein graft for coronary artery bypass surgery preserves the left ventricular ejection fraction at 16 years postoperatively: long-term data from a longitudinal …

B Johansson, N Samano, D Souza, L Bodin… - Open …, 2015 - openheart.bmj.com
Objectives To assess the left ventricular heart function and the clinical outcome 16 years
after coronary artery bypass surgery. Design In a randomised trial, the no-touch (NT) vein …

[HTML][HTML] Effects on subclinical heart failure in type 2 diabetic subjects on liraglutide treatment vs. glimepiride both in combination with metformin: a randomized open …

T Nyström, I Santos-Pardo, F Hedberg… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Objective We aimed to investigate the effect of liraglutide treatment on heart function in type
2 diabetes (T2D) patients with subclinical heart failure. Methods Randomized open parallel …

Long-term results of percutaneous coronary intervention in no-touch vein grafts are significantly better than in conventional vein grafts

G Ferrari, H Geijer, Y Cao, U Graf, L Bojö… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Conventional vein grafts have a high risk of thrombosis and early
atherosclerosis. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in conventional vein grafts is …

Quality Improvement in Coronary Care: Analysis of Sustainability and Impact on Adjacent Clinical Measures After a S wedish Controlled, Multicenter Quality …

R Carlhed, C Bellman, M Bojestig, L Bojö… - Journal of the …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Quality Improvement in Coronary Care, a Swedish multicenter, controlled
quality‐improvement (QI) collaborative, has shown significant improvements in adherence to …

Involvement of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in gastric reflex relaxation

L Bojö, RA Lefebvre, P Nellgård, J Cassuto - European journal of …, 1993 - Elsevier
We have previously presented evidence for a non-adrenergic, vagally mediated colono-
gastric inhibitory reflex induced by distension of the colon. We also found that pain …

Influence of body size and age on maximal diastolic velocity of mitral annulus motion

B Nilsson, L Bojö, B Wandt - Journal of the American Society of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Background: Maximal long-axis relaxation velocity (RVm), measured from the mitral annulus
motion (MAM), has recently been suggested as an index of left ventricular (LV) diastolic …