Ticagrelor and aspirin increased vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting but does it matter?

Saphenous vein graft is commonly used for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. The most frequent complication is the occlusion of the venous graft despite preventive antiplatelet therapy based on aspirin (1,2), so much so that 10% to 25% of them occlude within one year of CABG (3).