Association of age with 10-year outcomes after coronary surgery in the Arterial Revascularization Trial

<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>The association of age with the outcomes of bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITAs) versus single internal thoracic arteries (SITAs) for coronary bypass grafting (CABG) remains to be determined.</p> <p><strong&g...

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Main Authors: Gaudino, M, Di Franco, A, Flather, M, Gerry, S, Bagiella, E, Gray, A, Pearcey, L, Saw, TH, Lees, B, Benedetto, U, Fremes, SE, Taggart, DP
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021
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author Gaudino, M
Di Franco, A
Flather, M
Gerry, S
Bagiella, E
Gray, A
Pearcey, L
Saw, TH
Lees, B
Benedetto, U
Fremes, SE
Taggart, DP
author_facet Gaudino, M
Di Franco, A
Flather, M
Gerry, S
Bagiella, E
Gray, A
Pearcey, L
Saw, TH
Lees, B
Benedetto, U
Fremes, SE
Taggart, DP
author_sort Gaudino, M
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description <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>The association of age with the outcomes of bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITAs) versus single internal thoracic arteries (SITAs) for coronary bypass grafting (CABG) remains to be determined.</p> <p><strong>Objectives</strong></p> <p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between age and BITA versus SITA outcomes in the Arterial Revascularization Trial.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong></p> <p>The primary endpoints were all-cause mortality and a composite of major adverse events, including all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, or stroke. Secondary endpoints were bleeding complications and sternal wound complications up to 6 months after surgery. Multivariable fractional polynomials analysis and log-rank tests were used.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong></p> <p>Age did not affect any of the explored outcomes in the overall BITA versus SITA comparison in the intention-to-treat analysis and in the analysis based on the number of arterial grafts received. However, when the intention-to-treat analysis was restricted to the populations of patients between age 50 and 70 years, younger patients in the BITA arm had a significantly lower incidence of major adverse events (p = 0.03).</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> <p>Our results suggest that BITA may improve long-term outcome in younger patients, although more randomized data are needed to confirm this hypothesis.</p>
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spelling oxford-uuid:ca0972eb-59de-4220-935f-1630a505f3d62022-03-27T07:04:33ZAssociation of age with 10-year outcomes after coronary surgery in the Arterial Revascularization TrialJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ca0972eb-59de-4220-935f-1630a505f3d6EnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2021Gaudino, MDi Franco, AFlather, MGerry, SBagiella, EGray, APearcey, LSaw, THLees, BBenedetto, UFremes, SETaggart, DP<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>The association of age with the outcomes of bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITAs) versus single internal thoracic arteries (SITAs) for coronary bypass grafting (CABG) remains to be determined.</p> <p><strong>Objectives</strong></p> <p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between age and BITA versus SITA outcomes in the Arterial Revascularization Trial.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong></p> <p>The primary endpoints were all-cause mortality and a composite of major adverse events, including all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, or stroke. Secondary endpoints were bleeding complications and sternal wound complications up to 6 months after surgery. Multivariable fractional polynomials analysis and log-rank tests were used.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong></p> <p>Age did not affect any of the explored outcomes in the overall BITA versus SITA comparison in the intention-to-treat analysis and in the analysis based on the number of arterial grafts received. However, when the intention-to-treat analysis was restricted to the populations of patients between age 50 and 70 years, younger patients in the BITA arm had a significantly lower incidence of major adverse events (p = 0.03).</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> <p>Our results suggest that BITA may improve long-term outcome in younger patients, although more randomized data are needed to confirm this hypothesis.</p>
spellingShingle Gaudino, M
Di Franco, A
Flather, M
Gerry, S
Bagiella, E
Gray, A
Pearcey, L
Saw, TH
Lees, B
Benedetto, U
Fremes, SE
Taggart, DP
Association of age with 10-year outcomes after coronary surgery in the Arterial Revascularization Trial
title Association of age with 10-year outcomes after coronary surgery in the Arterial Revascularization Trial
title_full Association of age with 10-year outcomes after coronary surgery in the Arterial Revascularization Trial
title_fullStr Association of age with 10-year outcomes after coronary surgery in the Arterial Revascularization Trial
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title_short Association of age with 10-year outcomes after coronary surgery in the Arterial Revascularization Trial
title_sort association of age with 10 year outcomes after coronary surgery in the arterial revascularization trial
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