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Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Mario Gaudino, Umberto Benedetto, Stephen E. Fremes, Karla V. Ballman, Giuseppe Biondi‐Zoccai, Art Sedrakyan, Giuseppe Nasso, Jai Raman, Brian Buxton, Philip Hayward, Neil Moat, Peter Collins, Carolyn Webb, Miodrag Perić, Ivana Petrović, Kyung Jong Yoo, Irbaz Hameed, Antonino Di Franco, Marco Moscarelli, Giuseppe Speziale, John D. Puskas, Leonard N. Girardi, David L. Hare, David P. Taggart, for the RADIAL Investigators

JAMA · 2020

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Summary

<h3>Importance</h3> Observational studies have suggested that the use of radial artery grafts for coronary artery bypass grafting may improve clinical outcomes compared with the use of saphenous vein grafts, but this has not been confirmed in randomized trials. <h3>Objective</h3> To compare clinical outcomes between patients receiving radial artery vs saphenous vein grafts for coronary artery bypass grafting after long-term follow-up. <h3>Design, Setting, and Participants</h3> Patient-level pooled analysis comparing radial artery vs saphenous vein graft in adult patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting from 5 countries (Australia, Italy, Serbia, South Korea, and the United Kingdom), with enrollment from 1997 to 2009 and follow-up completed in 2019. <h3>Interventions</h3

Subject
Dietary patterns & chronic disease
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.1001/jama.2020.8228
Catalogue ID
SNmojj22ai-j1751y
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