Bilateral internal thoracic artery versus single internal thoracic artery plus radial artery : A double meta-analytic approach

Copyright © 2022 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

OBJECTIVES: We explored the current evidence on the best second conduit in coronary surgery carrying out a double meta-analysis of propensity score matched or adjusted studies comparing bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) versus single internal thoracic artery plus radial artery.

METHODS: PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar were searched for propensity score matched or adjusted studies comparing BITA versus single internal thoracic artery plus radial artery. The end point was long-term mortality. Two statistical approaches were used: the generic inverse variance method and the pooled meta-analysis of Kaplan-Meier-derived individual patient data.

RESULTS: Twelve matched populations comparing 6450 patients with BITA versus 9428 patients with single internal thoracic artery plus radial artery were included in our meta-analysis. The generic inverse variance method showed a statistically significant survival benefit of the BITA group (hazard ratio, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.74-0.95; P = .04). The Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival at 1, 5, 10, and 15 years of the BITA group were 97.0%, 91.3%, 80.0%, and 68.0%, respectively. The Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival at 1, 5, 10, and 15 years of the single internal thoracic artery plus radial artery group were 97.3%, 91.5%, 79.9%, and 63.9%, respectively. The Kaplan-Meier-derived individual patient data meta-analysis applied to very long follow-up time data, showed that BITA provided a survival benefit after 10 years from surgery (hazard ratio, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.63-0.94; P = .01). No differences in terms of survival between the 2 groups were detected when the analysis was focused on the first 10 years of follow-up (hazard ratio, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.91-1.09; P = .93).

CONCLUSIONS: The present meta-analysis suggests that double internal thoracic artery may provide, compared with single internal thoracic artery plus radial artery, a statistically significant survival advantage after 10 years of follow-up, but not before. VIDEO ABSTRACT.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:167

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The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 167(2024), 1 vom: 14. Jan., Seite 183-195.e3

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Urso, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Sadaba, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
González Martín, Jesús María [VerfasserIn]
Nogales, Eliú [VerfasserIn]
Tena, María Ángeles [VerfasserIn]
Portela, Francisco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bilateral internal mammary artery
Coronary artery bypass grafting
Journal Article
Kaplan-Meier analysis
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Radial artery
Survival
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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.03.010

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NLM339665491