Best practice clinical consensus statements: conduit harvesting	Strength of evidence
Use the skeletonized technique to harvest the ITA in patients at high risk of sternal wound complications, particularly when harvesting bilateral ITAs	Meta-analyses of non-randomized studies and small RCTs20,21,26
Use an endoscopic SVG harvesting technique in patients at risk of leg wound complications, considering harvester experience	Single large RCT,56 meta-analyses of non-randomized studies and small RCTs48
Use an open, preferably no-touch, SVG harvesting technique in patients at low risk of leg wound complications	Large RCT,78 meta-analyses of non-randomized studies and RCTs54,55
Avoid high-pressure distension of SVGs, using a pressure-controlling syringe when possible	Multiple in vitro studies65,70