Saudi CABG Audit and Registry (SCAR)

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)

Treatments: Other: Prospective Clinical Data Collection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07316777

2251502

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Saudi CABG Audit and Registry (SCAR) is a prospective, multicenter national clinical quality registry designed to systematically collect perioperative and long-term outcome data for all patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in Saudi Arabia. The registry will begin with a pilot phase in selected tertiary cardiac centers and will progressively expand to national coverage. SCAR captures detailed information on patient demographics, cardiac status, operative techniques, postoperative outcomes, and 1-year follow-up, including patient-reported quality-of-life measures (EQ-5D and SF-36). The aim is to establish a standardized national platform for benchmarking, quality improvement, and real-world evidence generation to support clinical decision-making and health policy development in cardiac surgery. Data are collected prospectively through secure electronic systems, anonymized before central storage, and analyzed using standardized definitions aligned with international registries such as STS and E-CABG.

Enrollment: 3,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients aged 18 years or older
• Undergoing isolated CABG
• Undergoing CABG with concomitant procedures (e.g., valve repair or replacement)
• Undergoing on-pump, off-pump, minimally invasive, or robotic CABG
• Procedures performed electively, urgently, or emergently

Exclusion criteria

• Redo CABG when the primary operative record is not available
• Patients younger than 18 years