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Long-term patency of saphenous vein and left internal mammary artery grafts after coronary artery bypass surgery

Results from a Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study

Steven Goldman, MD, FACC^*,*, Karen Zadina, RN, MA^*, Thomas Moritz, MS, Theron Ovitt, MD^*, Gulshan Sethi, MD^*, Jack G. Copeland, MD^*, Lizy Thottapurathu, MS, Barbara Krasnicka, PhD, Nancy Ellis, MS, Robert J. Anderson, PhD, William Henderson, PhD VA Cooperative Study Group #207/297/364

^* Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona
VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines, Illinois

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Plot of time-related graft patency (or freedom from graft occlusion) for saphenous vein grafts (SVG) and internal mammary artery (IMA) grafts. The number of patients at each time point is listed in the figure. *p < 0.001 (IMA vs. SVG). CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting.

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Plot of time-related graft patency (or freedom from graft occlusion) for saphenous vein grafts (SVG) and internal mammary artery (IMA) grafts if the graft was patent at one week after coronary bypass (CABG). The number of patients at each time point is listed in the figure. *p < 0.001 (IMA vs. SVG).

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Plot of time-related graft patency (or freedom from graft occlusion) for saphenous vein grafts (SVG) to the left anterior descending (LAD), circumflex (CX), and right coronary (RCA) arteries. The number of patients at each time point is listed in the figure. *p < 0.001 (LAD vs. CX and/or RCA). CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Plot of time-related graft patency (or freedom from graft occlusion) for saphenous vein grafts (SVG) to recipient vessel with diameters >2.0 mm versus 2.0 mm. The number of patients at each time point is listed in the figure. *p < 0.001 (>2.0 mm vs. 2.0 mm). CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting.

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Figure 5 Plot of time to development of 50% to 99% stenosis in internal mammary artery (IMA) and single saphenous vein graft (SVG) to the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). The number of patients at each time point is listed in the figure. *p < 0.001 (IMA vs. single SVG to LAD). CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting.