Naslov
Radial-artery grafts for coronary-artery bypass surgery
(Radial-artery grafts for coronary-artery bypass surgery)

Autori
Kopjar, Tomislav ; Gašparović, Hrvoje ; Biočina, Bojan

Izvornik
The New England journal of medicine (0028-4793) 379 (2018), 20; 1966-1968

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pismo uredniku, stručni

Ključne riječi
coronary angiography ; coronary artery bypass ; radial artery ; treatment outcome vascular patency

Sažetak
Gaudino et al. (2018 May 31 issue of NEJM) report a lower risk of the composite of death, myocardial infarction, or repeat revascularization with radial-artery graft than with saphenous-vein graft revascularization during coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG). We question the appropriateness of this composite: death and myocardial infarction are more serious than repeat revascularization. The authors suggest that repeat revascularization, the foundation for the lower incidence of the composite outcome, may have been driven by follow- up angiography rather than by clinical events. The implications of the repeat revascularization rates for clinical practice are therefore unclear.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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