ISSN : 1301-5680
e-ISSN : 2149-8156
Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery     
Very long-term angiographic results of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Berk Özkaynak1, Özgür Yıldırım2, Mehmet Aksüt3, Oruç Alper Onk3, Nihan Kayalar1, Suat Nail Ömeroğlu4, Vedat Erentuğ3, Cevat Yakut5
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of İstanbul Bilim University, İstanbul, Turkey
3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey
4Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
5Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.9148
Background: This study aims to evaluate the long-term results of angiography in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Methods: Between September 1993 and December 1995, a total of 162 patients who underwent off-pump CABG by the same two surgeons at a single center, followed by angiography were retrospectively analyzed.

Results: The mean time from surgery to angiography was 9.8±1.2 years (range, 7.1 to 12.6 years). The overall patency rate of the left internal mammary artery graft was 95.57% and 46.03% in saphenous vein grafts (SVG). During follow-up, 27 patients (16.67%) underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. The procedure was performed due to severe stenosis in the SVG in eight of them and due to severe lesion formation in native coronary artery in the others. Five patients underwent repeated CABG. There was no significant association between pre-, intra-, and postoperative variables and graft patency.

Conclusion: Off-pump CABG technique, in contrast to the conventional bypass, has well-known advantages such as lower transfusion of blood and blood products, shortened length of intensive care unit and hospital stay, reduced cost, and lower morbidity and mortality. Our very long-term angiographic follow-up study showed that off-pump CABG is as reliable as conventional bypass procedure with excellent outcome and patency particularly in the left anterior descending coronary artery. Therefore, off-pump CABG technique should be the primary procedure of choice in selected patients.

Keywords : Coronary artery bypass; myocardial revascularization; offpump
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