The Long-term Results of the No-touch Vein Graft to the Left Anterior Descending Artery.

Örebro County Council

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ischemic Heart Disease; Atherosclerosis

Treatments: Procedure: No-touch harvesting technique

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02339857

102881

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the no-touch saphenous vein grafts that were used in coronary artery bypass surgery between 2003-2008 had a patency rate comparable to the left internal thoracic artery when the vein grafts were anatomised to the left anterior descending artery.

Enrollment: 97 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Coronary artery bypass grafting performed at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Örebro Universtiy Hospital between 2003-2008.
2. Saphenous vein graft harvesting using the no-touch technique.
3. The saphenous vein anastomised to the left anterior descending artery.
4. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Allergy to contrast media.
2. Impaired renal function.
3. Inability to conduct the study according to protocol.

Trial design

97 participants in 1 patient group

No-touch vein grafts to LAD

Treatment:

Procedure: No-touch harvesting technique