Endoscopic harvesting device type and outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate angiographic and clinical outcomes associated with open and closed dissection tunnel endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) devices.

Background

A previous PREVENT-IV (PRoject of Ex-vivo Vein graft ENgineering via Transfection IV) analysis reported that EVH for coronary artery bypass graft surgery was associated with worse outcomes than with traditional vein harvesting; however, outcomes by EVH device type were not available.

Methods

Using data from the PREVENT-IV trial, we compared 1549 patients from 75 surgical sites who underwent EVH with open (n = 390) or closed (n = 1159) harvest tunnel devices. Outcomes included the incidence of vein graft failure at 12 to 18 months and a composite of death, myocardial infarction, and revascularization through 5 y

SUBMITTER: van Diepen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4322758 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature