2019
Development of a risk score for early saphenous vein graft failure: An individual patient data meta-analysis
Antonopoulos AS, Odutayo A, Oikonomou EK, Trivella M, Petrou M, Collins GS, Antoniades C, group S, Akoumianakis I, Channon K, Herdman L, Margaritis M, Neubauer S, Thomas S, Fremes S, Karkhanis R, Rade J, Fukui T, Nishida H, Takanashi S, Hwang H, Kim K, Mannacio L, Mannacio V, Nakano J, Perrault L, Kardos A, Okabayashi H, Tousoulis D, Kelion A, Sabharwal N, Krasopoulos G, Sayeed R, Taggart D. Development of a risk score for early saphenous vein graft failure: An individual patient data meta-analysis. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2019, 160: 116-127.e4. PMID: 31606176, PMCID: PMC7322547, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.07.086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly SVG occlusionIndividual patient dataSVG occlusionRisk scoreValidation cohortEarly saphenous vein graft failureEarly saphenous vein graft occlusionSaphenous vein graft failureSaphenous vein graft occlusionAggressive treatment strategiesPatient dataVein graft occlusionNovel risk scoreVein graft failureRisk score systemGraft failureGraft occlusionOperative characteristicsTreatment strategiesIndividualized riskOperative factorsScore systemOcclusionExternal validationCohort
2017
Predictive value of telomere length on outcome following acute myocardial infarction: evidence for contrasting effects of vascular vs. blood oxidative stress
Margaritis M, Sanna F, Lazaros G, Akoumianakis I, Patel S, Antonopoulos AS, Duke C, Herdman L, Psarros C, Oikonomou EK, Shirodaria C, Petrou M, Sayeed R, Krasopoulos G, Lee R, Tousoulis D, Channon KM, Antoniades C. Predictive value of telomere length on outcome following acute myocardial infarction: evidence for contrasting effects of vascular vs. blood oxidative stress. European Heart Journal 2017, 38: 3094-3104. PMID: 28444175, PMCID: PMC5837455, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx177.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsAcute myocardial infarctionVascular smooth muscle cellsVascular oxidative stressSaphenous veinMyocardial infarctionOxidative stressPredictive valueRecent acute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery bypassBlood mononuclear cellsClinical predictive valueBlood oxidative stressSmooth muscle cellsFunctional genetic polymorphismsEffects of vascularTissue-specific biomarkersArtery bypassProspective cohortConsecutive patientsClinical outcomesVascular factorsPost-AMIMononuclear cellsArtery segmentsA prospective study of external stenting of saphenous vein grafts to the right coronary artery: the VEST II study
Taggart DP, Amin S, Djordjevic J, Oikonomou EK, Thomas S, Kampoli AM, Sabharwal N, Antoniades C, Krasopoulos G. A prospective study of external stenting of saphenous vein grafts to the right coronary artery: the VEST II study. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2017, 51: 952-958. PMID: 28379404, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight coronary arteryComputed tomography angiographyCoronary arteryExternal stentRight internal mammary artery graftInternal mammary artery graftLeft internal mammary arteryGraft 1 yearMammary artery graftsRight coronary territoryCoronary artery bypassEnd of surgeryInternal mammary arterySaphenous vein graftsSide branchesLeft territoryRight territorySVG patencyArtery bypassArtery graftExternal stentingMammary arteryPrimary endpointGraft failureII study