33 Such an adverse trend appeared consistent, despite developments in 2000-2010, 34 as well as the past decade, with studies reporting a 1-year TVF rate of 19% 15 , and 5-year rates of mortality, MI, or TVR of up to 56.1% in 173 patients. 17 This phenomenon likely is driven by the fact that patients undergoing PCI post-CABG tend to be older and to carry more comorbidities, predisposing them to higher event rates that cannot be mitigated further by the contemporary armamentaria in cardiovascular care.
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Single-Centre Registry Analysis of Patients Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Their Coronary Bypass Grafts.
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In our analysis, a trend was present toward increased TVF or death with PCI sites at the aorto-ostial and graft body positions, compared to the anastomotic sites, but this did not reach statistical significance.