Relative importance of patient, procedural and anatomic risk factors for early vein graft thrombosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Abstract

AIM: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relative importance of a wide array of patient demographic, procedural, anatomic and perioperative variables as potential risk factors for early saphenous vein graft (SVG) thrombosis after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS: The patency of 611 SVGs in 291 patients operated on at four different hospitals enrolled in the Reduction in Graft Occlusion Rates (RIGOR) study was …

Authors

McLean RC; Nazarian SM; Gluckman TJ; Schulman SP; Thiemann DR; Shapiro EP; Conte JV; Thompson JB; Shafique I; McNicholas KW

Journal

The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 877–885

Publication Date

December 2011

ISSN

0021-9509

Associated Experts

Sam Schulman

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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