Five-year Patency of No-touch Saphenous Vein Grafts in On-pump Versus Clamp-less Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have shown high long-term patency for no-touch saphenous vein grafts (NTSVGs), comparable to the internal thoracic artery in on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). RCTs on patency in NTSVGs in off-pump CABG have not been published yet. Orebro University Hospital participated in the CABG Off- or On-pump Revascularization study (CORONARY, ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00463294) and included fifty-six patients. Accordingly, this is a sub-study and the aim was to assess the midterm patency in NTSVGs in clamp-less off-pump versus on-pump CABG at five-year follow-up.