Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Gaudino M, Benedetto U, Fremes S, Ballman K, Biondi-Zoccai G, Sedrakyan A, Nasso G, Raman J, Buxton B, Hayward PA, Moat N, Collins P, Webb C, Peric M, Petrovic I, Yoo KJ, Hameed I, Di Franco A, Moscarelli M, Speziale G, Puskas JD, Girardi LN, Hare DL, Taggart DP. Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. JAMA 2020, 324: 179-187. PMID: 32662861, PMCID: PMC7361649, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.8228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypassSaphenous vein graftsComposite of deathRadial artery graftArtery bypassVein graftsRadial arteryMyocardial infarctionArtery graftCardiovascular outcomesClinical outcomesSaphenous veinLong-term cardiovascular outcomesPatient-level pooled analysisCoronary Artery Bypass GraftingArtery Bypass GraftingIndividual participant dataBypass GraftingAdult patientsComposite outcomeSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeRandomized trialsPooled analysisObservational study