Department of Cardiology, JN Medical college, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
Research
Saphenous Venous Graft PCI Registry: A Single Centre
Experience
Author(s): Suresh Patted*, Metgudmath VB, Sanjay Porwal, Sameer Ambar, Prasad MR, Neelesh Kumar S Shah, Vishwanath Hesarur, Vaibhav Patil and Suhasini Atharga
Background: During coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the treatment of coronary artery disease by grafting saphenous vein is a common
practice. However, within 10 years of SVG intervention due to degeneration and occlusion of grafted artery, the failure rate of SVG is observed
to be as high as 50%. The repeat vascularisation with PCI has increased in clinical practice; however, the data on clinical outcome in Indian
population is limited.
Methods: A retrospective observational analysis of 30 post-CABG patients with SVG-PCI in single centre between April 2010 and July 2020 was
conducted.
Results: The average age of patient was 62.7 ± 9.9 years and majority were male patients (87%) with history of diabetes mellitus (63%),
hypertension (73%) and habit of tobacco (83%). After 11.0 ± 4.. Read More»
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