Why the study?
The study aimed to compare perioperative outcomes of minimally invasive multivessel CABG across patients with existent risk factors and identify possible contraindications to this technique.
Do risk factors such as obesity, old age, diabetes, or EuroSCORE II > 2.0 worsen perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing multivessel CABG through left anterior minitoracotomy?
Population
349 consecutive patients with isolated multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing minimally invasive CABG
Comparison
Presence vs absence of risk factors such as obesity, old age, diabetes, and EuroSCORE II > 2.0
Design
Observational cohort study
Key result
Minimally invasive multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via left anterior minithoracotomy was safely performed in patients with risk factors, with a 3.27% mortality in the EuroSCORE II > 2.0 group that did not exceed predicted rates.
Authors
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TCRAT appears feasible for multivessel CABG in consecutive patients; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized trials before practice change.
Observational (n=349)
No
Do risk factors such as obesity, old age, diabetes, or EuroSCORE II > 2.0 worsen perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing multivessel CABG through left anterior minitoracotomy?
Absolute Event Rate: 3.27% vs 0%
p-value: p=0.0021
Minimally invasive multivessel CABG through a left anterior thoracotomy is feasible and safe across various patient risk profiles, including obesity, diabetes, and older age, without exceeding predicted mortality rates.
Babliak et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Multivessel coronary artery disease (n=349). High surgical risk factors (EuroSCORE II > 2.0, obesity, diabetes, or age > 70) vs. Patients without these risk factors was evaluated on Hospital and 30-day mortality (EuroSCORE II > 2.0 vs < 2.0) (p=0.0021). Minimally invasive multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via left anterior minithoracotomy was safely performed in patients with risk factors, with a 3.27% mortality in the EuroSCORE II > 2.0 group that did not exceed predicted rates.