Royse A, et al. - Focusing on the increased use of arterial conduits rather than eradication of venous conduits, researchers extracted patient data from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons database from 2001–2013 and linked it to the national death registry held by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for all-cause mortality with censor date 7 October 2014. They compared analyses of Saphenous vein graft (SVG) ≥ 1 or SVG = 1 to SVG = 0. Furthermore, they performed multiple analyses of groups of 3, 4 or 5 grafts to test the mortality hazard with increasing use of SVG. Outcomes revealed a reduced survival after coronary artery bypass surgery in independent association with any use of SVGs.