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His research addresses what a bypass graft is made from, independently of the chest incision.","research_credit":{"name":"Yevhenii Kozlov","role":"Co-Founder of Bookimed","url":"https://us-uk.bookimed.com/ceo/kozlov/","contribution":"Research personally prepared and reviewed","assistance":"AI tools assisted source research."},"editorial_scope":"Source-based patient information; an individual treatment plan requires clinical review.","research_method":"How this guide is researched and compared Research project led by Yevhenii Kozlov . We link clinical guidance, primary studies and named hospital or offer sources beside the relevant statements. Comparisons distinguish individual operators from programme results and preserve the study population, follow-up and limitations. Prices are dated examples with their stated scope. Research and editorial preparation are separate from clinical review; no named clinician has medically reviewed this edition. Bookimed provides care coordination. Partner and reference programmes are identified from their sources; paid ordering is not used in our published-cohort comparison. Read the editorial policy .","key_takeaways":[{"label":"Multiple arterial grafting","text":"The official profile names radial and bilateral internal mammary arteries among his coronary interests.","sources":["pd-adult-gaudino-official"]},{"label":"Ten-year conduit evidence","text":"His pooled analysis of 1,036 randomized patients found fewer deaths, heart attacks or repeat procedures with radial-artery than vein grafts at median ten-year follow-up.","sources":["pd-adult-gaudino-radial"]},{"label":"Ongoing trial leadership","text":"Weill Cornell identifies him as lead investigator of ROMA and ROMA:Women.","sources":["pd-adult-gaudino-official"]}],"benefits":[{"text":"Randomized conduit evidence supports a long-term reduction in the combined risk of death, heart attack or repeat revascularization with radial-artery rather than vein grafts.","sources":["pd-adult-gaudino-radial"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"The pooled trial result concerns radial artery versus saphenous vein, not every multiple-arterial strategy. It comes from five countries and is not Gaudino’s personal operative series or evidence for robotic access.","sources":["pd-adult-gaudino-official","pd-adult-gaudino-radial"]}],"sections":[{"id":"benefit-balance","title":"Benefits and limitations","text":"Benefits and limitations Potential advantages Randomized conduit evidence supports a long-term reduction in the combined risk of death, heart attack or repeat revascularization with radial-artery rather than vein grafts. Sources: Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Trade-offs and limits The pooled trial result concerns radial artery versus saphenous vein, not every multiple-arterial strategy. It comes from five countries and is not Gaudino’s personal operative series or evidence for robotic access. Sources: Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD, PhD · Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","links":[{"label":"Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32662861/"},{"label":"Mario F.L. 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Sources: Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","links":[{"label":"Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32662861/"}]},{"id":"team","title":"Clinical programme","text":"Clinical programme NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medicine → New York, United States Weill Cornell’s Mario Gaudino explicitly practises multiple arterial CABG, including radial and bilateral internal mammary grafts. His research helps explain the long-term implications of conduit choice independently of a robotic or conventional incision. Sources: Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD, PhD · Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Explore the programme and other specialists →","links":[{"label":"NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medicine →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-weill-cornell/"},{"label":"Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD, PhD","url":"https://weillcornell.org/mariogaudino"},{"label":"Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32662861/"},{"label":"Explore the programme and other specialists →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-weill-cornell/"}]}],"introduction":"Heart surgery guide / Mario F.L. Gaudino Mario F.L. Gaudino · Decision guide Mario F.L. Gaudino: arterial grafting for coronary bypass Bypass graft selection informed by long-term randomized data · New York, United States Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources linked throughout At a glance Mario Gaudino’s Weill Cornell practice explicitly includes radial-artery and bilateral internal mammary-artery grafting. His research addresses what a bypass graft is made from, independently of the chest incision. Multiple arterial grafting The official profile names radial and bilateral internal mammary arteries among his coronary interests. Sources: Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD, PhD Ten-year conduit evidence His pooled analysis of 1,036 randomized patients found fewer deaths, heart attacks or repeat procedures with radial-artery than vein grafts at median ten-year follow-up. Sources: Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ongoing trial leadership Weill Cornell identifies him as lead investigator of ROMA and ROMA:Women. Sources: Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD, PhD Portrait source ↗ cardiac surgeon Mario F.L. Gaudino NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medicine → Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, NewYork-Presbyterian; Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, NewYork-Presbyterian; Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, United States. 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