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Quality of life after percutaneous coronary intervention in no-touch saphenous vein grafts is significantly better than in conventional vein grafts
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  • Gabriele Ferrari,
  • Jan Karlsson,
  • Håkan Geijer,
  • Yang Cao,
  • Domingos Souza,
  • Ninos Samano
Gabriele Ferrari
Universitetssjukhuset Orebro Medicinska kliniken

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Jan Karlsson
Orebro universitet Medicinska biblioteket
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Håkan Geijer
Universitetssjukhuset Orebro Medicinska kliniken
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Yang Cao
Orebro universitet Centrum for Livsvetenskap
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Domingos Souza
Universitetssjukhuset Orebro Medicinska kliniken
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Ninos Samano
Orebro universitet Medicinska biblioteket
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Abstract

Objectives: To compare health-related quality of life of patients primarily treated with a no-touch saphenous vein graft with that of patients who received a conventional graft. Methods: The study included all individuals treated with a percutaneous coronary intervention on a saphenous vein graft between January 2006 and June 2020. The RAND-36 health survey was used to assess health-related quality of life. The Mann–Whitney U test was used to test differences in health-related quality of life between the two groups. Effect size was estimated via Cohen’s d. The average treatment effect between the groups was tested by propensity score matching. Results: Of the 346 patients treated with a percutaneous coronary intervention in a stenosed or occluded saphenous vein graft, 165 responded to RAND-36 (no-touch: n=48; conventional: n=117). Patients with a no-touch graft reported better mean values on seven of the eight health survey domains. Statistically significant differences were observed for four of the domains, all in favour of the no-touch group. The effect size estimates indicated a small difference for five domains, with the largest values (>0.40) seen for the general health and energy/fatigue domains. Propensity score matching confirmed a statistically significant difference for the physical functioning and general health domains. Conclusions: At a mean follow-up of 5.4 years, patients who received a percutaneous coronary intervention in no-touch vein grafts showed significantly better health-related quality of life than those who received a percutaneous coronary intervention in conventional vein grafts.
2022Published in Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery volume 37 issue 4. 10.21470/1678-9741-2021-0576