title: The impact of balloon angioplasty of coronary artery and/or vein bypass graft lesion(s) upon the survival of patients > or = 5 years after their last bypass surgery.
abstract: Data analyses of angioplasty patients, whose operative and angioplasty (PTCA) interval was > or = 5 years, were performed to determine if the site of PTCA (coronary artery (CA) and/or vein bypass graft (VG)) influenced longevity. PTCA was successful in 677/768 lesions (88%) (377/432 CA (87%), and 294/327 VGs (90%)) and resulted in clinical improvement in 280/322 patients (87%). Patients were stratified into those who underwent PTCA of a lesion(s) in a coronary artery only, a vein graft only, or in both a coronary artery and a vein graft. Survival, at 60 months, was adversely affected (P < 0.05) for VG (59%) in comparison to CA (86%) or CA + VG (86%) cohorts, which was reaffirmed by a Cox proportional hazard model. PTCA was effective in opening lesions in coronary arteries or vein grafts in patients whose last bypass surgery had occurred over 5 years previously; however, PTCA patients who only had a vein graft had a significantly diminished 5-year survival in comparison to the cohorts, who had a coronary artery lesion dilated, with or without an accompanying vein graft PTCA. Therefore, PTCA of isolated vein graft lesions may not be the best long-term therapeutic option for these patients; however, it may best serve patients, acutely and long-term, who have an amenable significant arterial lesion, whether or not an accompanying vein graft lesion is dilated.
authors.affiliation: William Dorros-Isadore Feuer Interventional Cardiovascular Disease Foundation, Ltd., Milwaukee, WI 53215.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorros
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mathiak
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D015996:Survival Rate; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*