Open AccessLong-term survival after endoscopic vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting
Author(s) -
Bilal H. Kirmani,
Sharon Power,
Joseph Zacharias
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/rcsann.2020.0063
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , vein , surgery , artery , confidence interval , bypass grafting , population , cohort , retrospective cohort study , cardiology , environmental health
Endoscopic vein harvest is the technique of choice in North America, where it constitutes 80% of conduit harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting. The UK has much lower rates, despite demonstrable perioperative benefits. Concerns about patency and long-term survival are often cited as reasons for poor uptake and evidence in the literature thus far has only addressed mid-term outcomes. We sought to identify the long-term survival of patients undergoing endoscopic vein harvest compared with a contemporaneous cohort of open vein harvest.