Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event and patients' quality of life after endoscopic vein harvesting as compared with open vein harvest (MAQEH): a pilot study.

Luckraz, HeymanCartwright, CarlyNagarajan, KumaresanKaur, PrabhjeetNevill, Alan M.2018-01-312018-01-312018Luckraz, H., Cartwright, C., Nagarajan, K., Kaur, P., & Nevill, A.M. (2018). Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event and patients’ quality of life after endoscopic vein harvesting as compared with open vein harvest (MAQEH): a pilot study. Open heart, 5 (1), pp 1-4.2053-36242934437710.1136/openhrt-2017-000694http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621056This is a prospective, comparative, pilot and follow-up (2-year postoperatively) study in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery where the long saphenous vein was harvested either by the endoscopic vein harvest (EVH) technique or open vein harvest (OVH) technique. Quality of life (QOL) and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) were assessed.application/pdfenArchived with thanks to Open hearthttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/cardiac surgeryendoscopic vein harvestong saphenous vein harvestquality of lifeMajor adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event and patients' quality of life after endoscopic vein harvesting as compared with open vein harvest (MAQEH): a pilot study.Journal articleOpen heart