There is a lack of unequivocal evidence basis for selecting the best second conduit in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We thus aimed to perform head-to-head relative effect estimate on angiographic outcomes for second conduits, including the right internal mammary artery (RIMA), radial artery (RA), right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA) and saphenous vein graft (SVG) by means of network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The present network meta-analysis consistently demonstrated an angiographic superiority of RIMA and RA over SVG.
Searching for the second best graft for coronary artery bypass surgery: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials / Benedetto, Umberto; Raja, Sg; Albanese, A; Amrani, M; BIONDI ZOCCAI, Giuseppe; Frati, Giacomo. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-7940. - (2014), pp. 1-7. [10.1093/ejcts/ezu111]
Searching for the second best graft for coronary artery bypass surgery: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
BENEDETTO, UMBERTO;BIONDI ZOCCAI, GIUSEPPE;FRATI, GIACOMO
2014
Abstract
There is a lack of unequivocal evidence basis for selecting the best second conduit in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We thus aimed to perform head-to-head relative effect estimate on angiographic outcomes for second conduits, including the right internal mammary artery (RIMA), radial artery (RA), right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA) and saphenous vein graft (SVG) by means of network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The present network meta-analysis consistently demonstrated an angiographic superiority of RIMA and RA over SVG.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
