Mid-term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting in coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) is an alternative technique to obtain the saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. We aimed to evaluate the early and mid-term outcomes of patients with EVH in CABG.

Methods

This cohort study included consecutive isolated CABG patients in Nanjing First Hospital from July 2020 to December 2022 using propensity score matching methods. Patients were classified to EVH group and open vein harvesting (OVH) group according to the vein harvesting methods. The primary outcome was the all-cause death, and the secondary outcomes were major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) including cardiovascular death, heart failure, myocardial infarction and revascularization and asymptomatic survival in the follow-up.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11210013 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature