Epiaortic Ultrasound for Assessment of Intraluminal Atheroma; Insights from the REGROUP Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the use of epiaortic ultrasound in contemporary cardiac surgery, as well as its impact on surgical cannulation strategy and cerebrovascular events.

Design

Epiaortic ultrasound data was prospectively collected in the Randomized Endovein Graft Prospective (REGROUP) trial (VA Cooperative Studies Program #588, ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01850082), which randomized 1,150 coronary artery bypass graft patients between 2014 and 2017 to endoscopic or open-vein graft harvest.

Setting

Sixteen cardiac surgery programs within the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System with expertise at performing endoscopic vein-graft harvesting.

Participants

Veterans Affairs patients, greater than 18 years of age, undergoing elective or urgent coronary artery bypass grafting w

SUBMITTER: Shapeton AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7243360 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature