Impact of the Presence of Chronic Total Occlusions on the Survival of Patients Treated with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

ABSTRACT: Although chronic total occlusions (CTO) are a common finding in patients treated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), it is still not clear how their presence impacts the long-term outcomes achieved with surgery. We aimed to investigate the impact of CTO on the long-term results of patients with coronary artery disease who underwent CABG. Patients from 2005 to 2023 operated on at the University Hospital Freiburg-Bad Krozingen were analyzed. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality after 3-, 5-, and 10 years. The secondary outcome was the need for coronary reintervention in the follow-up period. Propensity score matching and multivariable Cox regression were performed, and Kaplan-Meier curves were used to graphically display the outcomes for the two groups. Of the 3424 patients i

SUBMITTER: Fagu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12295936 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature