Author:
Park Ilkun,Choi Kuk Bin,Ahn Joong Hyun,Kim Wook Sung,Lee Young Tak,Jeong Dong Seop
Abstract
Abstract
Background
The effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on the long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) remained debatable and various strategies exist for CABG; hence, clarifying the effects of DM on CABG outcomes is difficult. The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of DM on clinical and graft-related outcomes after CABG with bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) grafts.
Methods
From January 2001 to December 2017, 3395 patients who underwent off-pump CABG (OPCAB) with BITA grafts were enrolled. The study population was stratified according to preoperative DM. The primary endpoint was cardiac death and the secondary endpoints were myocardial infarction (MI), revascularization, graft failure, stroke, postoperative wound infection, and a composite endpoint of cardiac death, MI, and revascularization. Multiple sensitivity analyses, including Cox proportional hazard regression and propensity-score matching analyses, were performed to adjust baseline differences.
Results
After CABG, the DM group showed similar rates of cardiac death, MI, or revascularization and lower rates of graft failure at 10 years (DM vs. non-DM, 19.0% vs. 24.3%, hazard ratio [HR] 0.711, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.549–0.925; P = 0.009) compared to the non-DM group. These findings were consistent after multiple sensitivity analyses. In the subgroup analysis, the well-controlled DM group, which is defined as preoperative hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) of < 7%, showed lower postoperative wound infection rates (well-controlled DM vs. poorly controlled DM, 3.7% vs. 7.3%, HR 0.411, 95% CI 0.225–0.751; P = 0.004) compared to the poorly controlled DM group, which was consistent after propensity-score matched analysis.
Conclusions
OPCAB with BITA grafts showed excellent and comparable long-term clinical outcomes in patients with and without DM. DM might have a protective effect on competition and graft failure of ITA. Strict preoperative hyperglycemia control with target HbA1c of < 7% might reduce postoperative wound infection and facilitate the use of BITA in CABG.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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