Ninos Samano

Articles in journals

• Ferrari, G. , Geijer, H. , Cao, Y. , Graf, U. , Bojö, L. , Carlsson, R. , Souza, D. & Samano, N. (2024). Long-term results of percutaneous coronary intervention in no-touch vein grafts are significantly better than in conventional vein grafts. Perfusion.
• Abawi, A. , Magnuson, A. , Fröbert, O. & Samano, N. (2023). Five-Year Follow-Up After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis and Concomitant Coronary Artery Disease: A Single-Center Experience. Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 39 (1).
• Bjursten, H. , Koul, S. , Duvernoy, O. , Fagman, E. , Samano, N. , Nilsson, J. , Nielsen, N. E. , Rück, A. & et al. (2022). Calcium Load in the Aortic Valve, Aortic Root, and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract and the Risk for a Periprocedural Stroke. Structural heart, 6 (4).
• Ferrari, G. , Karlsson, J. , Cao, Y. , Geijer, H. , de Souza, D. R. & Samano, N. (2022). Quality of Life After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in No-Touch Saphenous Vein Grafts is Significantly Better Than in Conventional Vein Grafts. Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 37 (4), 430-438.
• Dashwood, M. R. , Samano, N. & de Souza, D. R. (2022). Saphenous vein harvesting for CABG: wear a VEST or keep the fat?. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 62 (1).
• Berg von Linde, M. , Johansson, K. , Kruse, R. , Helenius, G. , Samano, N. , Friberg, Ö. , Frøbert, A. M. & Fröbert, O. (2021). Expression of Paracrine Effectors in Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Treated With Plasma From Brown Bears (Ursus arctos). Clinical and Translational Science, 14 (1), 317-325.
• Dreifaldt, M. , Samano, N. , Geijer, H. , Lidén, M. , Bodin, L. & de Souza, D. R. (2021). Pedicled versus skeletonized internal thoracic artery grafts: a randomized trial. Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals, 29 (6), 490-497.
• Samano, N. , Loesch, A. & Dashwood, M. R. (2021). What is the impact of preserving the endothelium on saphenous vein graft performance? Comments on the 'NO' touch harvesting technique. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 16 (1).
• Adolfsson, E. , Helenius, G. , Friberg, Ö. , Samano, N. , Fröbert, O. & Johansson, K. (2020). Bone marrow- and adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells from donors with coronary artery disease: growth, yield, gene expression and the effect of oxygen concentration. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, 80 (4), 318-326.
• de Souza, D. R. & Samano, N. (2020). Reply: No-touch saphenous veins and radial arteries should qualify for the same coronary artery bypass grafting team. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 159 (6), E337-E338.
• Samano, N. , Pinheiro, B. B. & de Souza, D. R. (2019). Surgical Aspects of No-Touch Saphenous Vein Graft Harvesting in CABG: Clinical and Angiographic Follow-Up at 3 Months. Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 34 (1), 98-100.
• Samano, N. , Dashwood, M. & de Souza, D. R. (2018). No-touch vein grafts and the destiny of venous revascularization in coronary artery bypass grafting-a 25th anniversary perspective. Annals of cardiothoracic surgery, 7 (5), 681-685.
• de Souza, D. R. , Dashwood, M. R. & Samano, N. (2017). Saphenous vein graft harvesting and patency: No-touch harvesting is the answer. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 154 (4), 1300-1301.
• Samano, N. , Geijer, H. , Bodin, L. , Arbeus, M. , Mannion, J. D. , Dashwood, M. & Souza, D. (2017). The no-touch saphenous vein graft in elderly coronary bypass patients with multiple comorbidities is a promising conduit to substitute the left internal thoracic artery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 154 (2), 457-466.e3.
• Samano, N. , Bodin, L. , Karlsson, J. , Geijer, H. , Arbeus, M. & Souza, D. (2016). Graft patency is associated with higher health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass surgery. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 24 (3), 388-394.
• Sousa, D. & Samano, N. (2016). Long-term patency versus leg wound healing in coronary artery bypass surgery: Surgical aspects of the no-touch harvesting technique. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 151 (1), 276-276.
• Samano, N. , Geijer, H. , Lidén, M. , Fremes, S. , Bodin, L. & Souza, D. S. R. (2015). The no-touch saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass grafting maintains a patency, after 16 years, comparable to the left internal thoracic artery: a randomized trial. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 150 (4), 880-888.
• Johansson, B. , Samano, N. , Souza, D. S. R. , Bodin, L. , Filbey, D. , Mannion, J. D. & Bojö, L. (2015). 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 randomised trial. Open heart, 2 (1).

Articles, reviews/surveys

• Ferrari, G. , Geijer, H. , Cao, Y. , de Souza, D. R. & Samano, N. (2021). Percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein grafts after coronary artery bypass grafting: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, 55 (4), 245-253.
• Samano, N. , de Souza, D. R. & Dashwood, M. R. (2021). Saphenous veins in coronary artery bypass grafting need external support. Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals, 29 (5), 457-467.
• Samano, N. , de Souza, D. R. , Pinheiro, B. B. , Kopjar, T. & Dashwood, M. (2020). Twenty-Five Years of No-Touch Saphenous Vein Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Structural Observations and Impact on Graft Performance. Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 35 (1), 91-99.

Conference papers

• Ferrari, G. , Geijer, H. , Samano, N. & de Souza, D. R. (2019). PCI in saphenous vein graft after CABG: a review of the international literature. In:  Book of abstracts Nobel Day's Festivities 2019, Örebro University, 2019. Paper presented at Nobel Day's Festivities 2019, Örebro, Sweden, 9 December, 2019. School of Health Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University.

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

• Samano, N. (2016). No-Touch Saphenous Veins in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Long-term Angiographic, Surgical, and Clinical Aspects. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro university.

Manuscripts

• Samano, N. , Bodin, L. , Karlsson, J. , Geijer, H. , Arbeus, M. & Souza, D. Graft patency is a predictor of health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass surgery.
• Samano, N. , Geijer, H. , Bodin, L. , Arbeus, M. , Mannion, J. D. , Dashwood, M. & Souza, D. The no-touch saphenous vein graft in high-risk coronary bypass patients is a reliable conduit to substitute the left internal thoracic artery.