No-Touch Saphenous Vein as Y-Composite vs Aortocoronary Graft: Early Outcome Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A randomized controlled trial was designed to compare 1-year morphologic changes of the no-touch saphenous vein (SV) as a Y-composite graft (composite group) vs an aortocoronary graft (aorta group) in coronary artery bypass grafting. This study evaluated early clinical and angiographic outcomes as a preliminary analysis.

Methods

The primary end point of the trial was the intima-media thickness measured by intravascular ultrasound at 1-year angiographic follow-up. Patients were screened to enroll 25 patients in each group based on a superiority design. Early postoperative clinical and angiographic outcomes were compared between the 2 groups.

Results

The numbers of distal anastomoses per SV graft were 2.7 ± 1.1 and 2.6 ± 0.8 in the composite and aorta groups,

SUBMITTER: Sohn SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11708128 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature