CABG results vary according to sex in single vs multiple arterial grafts: JAMA

Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli

Published On 2021-01-21 13:00 GMT | Update On 2021-01-22 08:08 GMT

Researchers have observed that women have a worse preoperative risk profile than men. Multiple arterial grafting is associated with better outcomes among low-risk, but not high-risk, patients and the risk cutoffs differ between sexes.

The study is published in JAMA Cardiology.

Sex-related differences in the outcome of using multiple arterial grafts during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remain uncertain. Hence, Mario and colleagues from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York conducted this study to compare the outcomes of the use of multiple arterial grafts vs a single arterial graft during CABG for women and men.

The authors included a total of 63 402 patients (48 155 men [76.0%]; mean [SD] age, 69.9 [10.5] years) in the study, women had worse baseline characteristics than men for most of the explored variables. Propensity matching yielded a total of 9512 male pairs and 1860 female pairs.

Mortality, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke, repeated revascularization, major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event (composite of mortality, AMI, and stroke), and major adverse cardiac event (composite of mortality, AMI, or repeated revascularization) were compared among propensity-matched patients and stratified by the risk of long-term mortality.

The results were-

a. At 7 years of follow-up, mortality was lower among men who underwent multiple arterial grafting (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.73-0.87) but not women who underwent multiple arterial grafting (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.84-1.15).

b. When stratified by the estimated risk of death, the use of multiple arterial grafts was associated with better survival and a lower rate of a major adverse cardiac event among low-risk, but not high-risk, patients of both sexes, and the risk cutoff was different for men and women.

Hence, the authors concluded that "women have a worse preoperative risk profile than men. Multiple arterial grafting is associated with better outcomes among low-risk, but not high-risk, patients, and the risk cutoffs differ between sexes. These data highlight the need for new studies on the outcome of multiple arterial grafts in women."

Article Source : JAMA Cardiology

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