Long-term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting after coronary artery bypass grafting

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-153

  Dacey, Lawrence J ^a   Braxton, John H ^b   Kramer, Robert S ^b   Schmoker, Joseph D ^c   Charlesworth, David C ^d   Helm, Robert E ^e   Frumiento, Carmine ^f   Sardella, Gerald L ^g   Clough, Robert A ^h   Jones, Stephan R ^e   Malenka, David J ^a   Olmstead, Elaine M ^a   Ross, Cathy S ^a   O'Connor, Gerald T ^a   Likosky, Donald S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Portsmouth Regional Hospital   (United States)

^f CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^h EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary bypass; heart surgery; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVESTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78751629034     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.960765     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2009 Update. Dallas, Tex: American Heart Association; 2009.
2. Hayward PA, Buxton BF. Contemporary coronary graft patency: 5-year observational data from a randomized trial of conduits. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007;84:795-799.
3. Shahian DM, O'Brien SM, Filardo G, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Normand SL, DeLong ER, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED, Edwards FH, Anderson RP. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models, part 1: coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009;88:S2-S22.
4. Lopes RD, Hafley GE, Allen KB, Ferguson TB, Peterson ED, Harrington RA, Mehta RH, Gibson CM, Mack MJ, Kouchoukos NT, Califf RM, Alexander JH. Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:235-244.
5. Malenka DJ. Indications, practice, and procedural outcomes of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in northern New England in the early 1990s: the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. Am J Cardiol. 1996;78:260-265.
6. O'Connor GT, Plume SK, Olmstead EM, Coffin LH, Morton JR, Maloney CT, Nowicki ER, Tryzelaar JF, Hernandez F, Adrian L, Casey KJ, Soule DN, Marrin CAS, Nugent WC, Charlesworth DC, Clough R, Katz S, Leavitt BJ, Wennberg JE. A regional prospective study of in-hospital mortality associated with coronary artery bypass grafting: the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. JAMA. 1991;266:803-809.
7. O'Connor GT, Plume SK, Olmstead EM, Morton JR, Maloney CT, Nugent WC, Hernandez F Jr, Clough R, Leavitt BJ, Coffin LH, Marrin CA, Wennberg D, Birkmeyer JD, Charlesworth DC, Malenka DJ, Quinton HB, Kasper JF. A regional intervention to improve the hospital mortality associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. JAMA. 1996;275:841-846.
8. O'Connor GT, Plume SK, Olmstead EM, Coffin LH, Morton JR, Maloney CT, Nowicki ER, Levy DG, Tryzelaar JF, Hernandez F, Adrian L, Casey KJ, Bundy D, Soule DN, Marrin AS, Nugent WC, Charlesworth DC, Clough R, Katz S, Leavitt BJ, Wennberg JE. Multivariate prediction of in-hospital mortality associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. Circulation. 1992;85:2110-2118.
9. Schisterman EF, Whitcomb BW. Use of the Social Security Administration Death Master File for ascertainment of mortality status. Popul Health Metr. 2004;2:2.
10. D'Agostino RB Jr. Propensity scores in cardiovascular research. Circulation. 2007;115:2340-2343.
11. Zhang X, Loberiza FR, Klein JP, Zhang MJ. A SAS macro for estimation of direct adjusted survival curves based on a stratified Cox regression model. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2007;88:95-101.
12. Ghali WA, Quan H, Brant R, van Melle G, Norris CM, Faris PD, Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML. Comparison of 2 methods for calculating adjusted survival curves from proportional hazards models. JAMA. 2001; 286:1494-1497.
13. Stata Statistical Software: Release 11.0. College Station, TX: Stata Corp; 2008.
14. Hayward TZ III, Hey LA, Newman LL, Duhaylongsod FG, Hayward KA, Lowe JE, Smith PK. Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: the effect on postoperative outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 1999;68:2107-2110.
15. Kiaii B, Moon BC, Massel D, Langlois Y, Austin TW, Willoughby A, Guiraudon C, Howard CR, Guo LR. A prospective randomized trial of endoscopic versus conventional harvesting of the saphenous vein in coronary artery bypass surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002;123: 204-212.
16. Morris RJ, Butler MT, Samuels LE. Minimally invasive saphenous vein harvesting. Ann Thorac Surg. 1998;66:1026-1028.
17. Fabricius AM, Diegeler A, Doll N, Weidenbach H, Mohr FW. Minimally invasive saphenous vein harvesting techniques: morphology and postoperative outcome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2000;70:473-478.
18. Athanasiou T, Aziz O, Al-Ruzzeh S, Philippidis P, Jones C, Purkayastha S, Casula R, Glenville B. Are wound healing disturbances and length of hospital stay reduced with minimally invasive vein harvest? A meta-anal-ysis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004;26:1015-1026.
19. Yun KL, Wu Y, Aharonian V, Mansukhani P, Pfeffer TA, Sintek CF, Kochamba GS, Grunkemeier G, Khonsari S. Randomized trial of endo-scopic versus open vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: six-month patency rates. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005;129:496-503.
20. Allen KB, Heimansohn DA, Robison RJ, Schier JJ, Griffith GL, Fitzgerald EB. Influence of endoscopic versus traditional saphenectomy on event-free survival: five-year follow-up of a prospective randomized trial. Heart Surg Forum. 2003;6:E143-E145.
21. Ouzounian M, Hassan A, Buth KJ, MacPherson C, Ali IM, Hirsch GM, Ali IS. Impact of endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest techniques on outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010;89:403-408.
22. Rubin DB. Estimating causal effects from large data sets using propensity scores. Ann Intern Med. 1997;127:757-763.