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Table 2 Flow insufficiency according to characteristics of target vessel, bypass graft and stenosis location

From: Intraoperative transit-time flowmetry in patients undergoing coronary surgery to determine relationships between graft flow and patency and prior coronary interventions and flow demand: a retrospective study

Target vessel

Bypass graft

(n)

Flow insufficiency

MI (+)

MI (−)

PCI (+)

PCI (−)

Distal lesion

Proximal lesion

LAD

in-situ ITA

334

10.5%(35/334) *

7.0%(3/43)

11.0%(32/291)

22.2%(12/54)

8.2%(23/280)

15.0%(20/133)

7.5%(15/201)

    

p = 0.42

p = 0.002

p = 0.03

LCX

 

194

18.0%(35/194) **

28.6%(4/14)

17.2%(31/180)

15.0%(3/20)

18.4%(32/174)

27.7%(26/94)

9.0%(9/100)

    

p = 0.29

p = 0.71

p = 0.0007

 

in-situ ITA

129

24.0%(31/129)

36.4%(4/11)

22.9%(27/118)

18.8%(3/16)

24.8%(28/113)

37.1%(23/62)

11.9%(8/67)

    

p = 0.04

p = 0.60

p = 0.0008

 

aorto-coronary SVG

65

6.2%(4/65)

0%(0/3)

6.5%(4/62)

0%(0/4)

6.6%(4/61)

9.4%(3/32)

3.0%(1/33)

    

p = 0.65

p = 0.60

p = 0.29

RCA

 

208

25.5%(53/208) ***

45.1%(23/51)

19.1%(30/157)

26.3%(5/19)

25.4%(48/189)

48.7%(19/39)

20.1%(34/169)

    

p = 0.0002

p = 0.93

p = 0.0002

 

in-situ GEA

142

26.8%(38/142)

45.9%(17/37)

20.0%(21/105)

30.0%(3/10)

26.5%(35/132)

50.0%(11/22)

22.5%(27/120)

    

p = 0.002

p = 0.81

p = 0.007

 

aorto-coronary SVG

66

22.7%(15/66)

42.9%(6/14)

17.3%(9/52)

22.2%(2/9)

22.8%(13/57)

47.1%(8/17)

14.3%(7/49)

    

p = 0.04

p = 0.97

p = 0.006

Overall

 

736

16.7%(123/736)

28.0%(30/107)

14.8%(93/629)

21.5%(20/93)

16.0%(103/643)

23.0%(65/283)

12.8%(58/453)

    

p = 0.0007

p = 0.19

p = 0.0003

  1. GEA; gastroepiploic artery ITA; internal thoracic artery LAD; left anterior descending artery LCX; left circumflex artery
  2. MI; myocardial infarction PCI; percutaneous coronary intervention RCA; right coronary artery SVG; saphenous vein graft;  * vs. **; p = 0.01;  * vs. ***; p < .0001