Influence of Preoperative COVID-19 Vaccination on Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting-A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

BACKGROUND: Reports of intravascular thrombosis and cardiac complications have raised concerns about the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations, particularly in patients with high cardiovascular risk. Herein, we aimed to analyze the impact of preoperative COVID-19 vaccination on outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

METHODS AND RESULTS: Among 520 patients who underwent isolated CABG from 2020 to 2022, 481 patients (mean±SD age: 67±11 years, 86 women) whose COVID-19 vaccination status could be confirmed were included. A total of 249 patients who had not received any COVID-19 vaccine before CABG (never vaccinated group) and 214 patients who had completed primary vaccination (fully vaccinated group) were subjected to 1:1 propensity score matching, and 156 pairs of patients were matched. There was no significant difference in early mortality between the 2 groups after matching. After matching, overall survival (P=0.930) and major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event-free survival (P=0.636) did not differ between the 2 groups. One-year graft patency also did not differ significantly between the 2 groups; all patent grafts in 85/104 patients (82%) and 62/73 patients (85%) in the never vaccinated and fully vaccinated groups, respectively (P=0.685). Subgroup analysis showed equivalent overall and major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event-free survival among AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccine recipients and between those with ≤30 days versus >30 days from vaccination to CABG.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite the very high cardiovascular risk for patients undergoing CABG, COVID-19 vaccination did not affect major outcomes after CABG. Therefore, there is no reason for patients with coronary artery disease requiring CABG to avoid preoperative COVID-19 vaccination.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Heart Association - 13(2024), 6 vom: 19. März, Seite e032426

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chang, Hyoung Woo [VerfasserIn]
Ahn, Soyeon [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jun Sung [VerfasserIn]
Han, Hyun Jeong [VerfasserIn]
Park, You Kyeong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Kang Min [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sang Yoon [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Joon Chul [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jae Hang [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dong Jung [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Cheong [VerfasserIn]
Park, Kay-Hyun [VerfasserIn]

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COVID‐19
COVID‐19 vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccines
Coronary artery bypass
Coronavirus
Journal Article

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Date Completed 20.03.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/JAHA.123.032426

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369615549