NCT02158455

Vein vs Arterial Grafts for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

No-touch Saphenous Vein Grafts vs Radial Artery Grafts; A Randomized Trial.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (actual)
• Sponsor: Region Örebro County · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators have developed a novel technique for saphenous vein graft harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) where the graft is harvested with a pedicle of surrounding tissue. A randomized trial has shown a significantly higher patency rate for vein grafts harvested with this new methode compared to conventional harvesting technique 8.5 years after surgery (90 vs 76 %). In 2004 the investigators started a prospective randomized trial comparing patency between vein grafts harvested with surrounding tissue and radial artery grafts. The result showed that vein grafts harvested with surrounding tissue had a significantly higher patency rate compared to radial artery grafts 3 years after surgery (98 vs 84 %). The present study is a long-term follow-up (8 years) of the patients included in the second randomized trial. The hypothesis is that vein grafts harvested with surrounding tissue have a significantly higher patency rate compared to radial artery grafts 8 years after surgery.

Conditions

• Angina Pectoris

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	NT SVG grafts

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2014-06-06
• Last updated: 2014-06-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden