1. Flow patterns in externally stented saphenous vein grafts and development of intimal hyperplasia 
Tomer Meirson, BS, Eyal Orion, MD, MBA, Carlo Di Mario, MD, PhD, Carolyn Webb, PhD, Niket Patel, MD, Keith M. Channon, MD, Yanai Ben Gal, MD, David P. Taggart, MD, PhD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 150, Issue 4, Pages (October 2015)
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2. Figure 1
External stent (VEST [Vascular Graft Solutions Ltd, Tel Aviv, Israel]) deployed on saphenous vein graft, grafted to the obtuse marginal artery and the right coronary artery.
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3. Figure 2
Stented and nonstented SVGs grafted to the right coronary and circumflex arteries. Although demonstrating equivalent time-averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS) values, oscillatory shear index (OSI) values differ significantly between the 2 groups. SVG, Saphenous vein graft.
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4. Figure 3
Visible velocity vortices demonstrating nonuniform flow with recirculation eddy.
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5. Improved lumen uniformity → improved flow pattern → reduction of intimal hyperplasia.
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