In this Author Interview, JAMA Deputy Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, discusses the state of coronary artery bypass surgery in 2022 with E. Magnus Ohman, MD, from Duke University. The conversation emphasizes methods to preserve patency of saphenous vein bypass grafts, the subject of an article in the August 9, 2022, issue of JAMA. Dr Ohman wrote the accompanying Editorial. Related Content:

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