Impact of dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary artery bypass surgery on 1-year outcomes in the Arterial Revascularization Trial

Benedetto, Umberto, Altman, Douglas G., Gerry, Stephen, Gray, Alastair, Lees, Belinda, Flather, Marcus and Taggart, David P. and ART Investigators (2017) Impact of dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary artery bypass surgery on 1-year outcomes in the Arterial Revascularization Trial. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 52 (3). 456–461. ISSN 1010-7940

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: There is still little evidence to boldport routine dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with P2Y12 antagonists following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The Arterial Revascularization Trial (ART) was designed to compare 10-year survival after bilateral versus single internal thoracic artery grafting. We aimed to get insights into the effect of DAPT (with clopidogrel) following CABG on 1-year outcomes by performing a post hoc ART analysis. METHODS: Among patients enrolled in the ART (n  = 3102), 609 (21%) and 2308 (79%) were discharged on DAPT or aspirin alone, respectively. The primary end-point was the incidence of major adverse cerebrovascular and cardiac events (MACCE) at 1 year including cardiac death, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident and reintervention; safety end-point was bleeding requiring hospitalization. Propensity score (PS) matching was used to create comparable groups. RESULTS: Among 609 PS-matched pairs, MACCE occurred in 34 (5.6%) and 34 (5.6%) in the DAPT and aspirin alone groups, respectively, with no significant difference between the 2 groups [hazard ratio (HR) 0.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.59-1.59; P  = 0.90]. Only 188 (31%) subjects completed 1 year of DAPT, and in this subgroup, MACCE rate was 5.8% (HR 1.11, 95% CI 0.53-2.30; P  = 0.78). In the overall sample, bleeding rate was higher in DAPT group (2.3% vs 1.1%; P  = 0.02), although this difference was no longer significant after matching (2.3% vs 1.8%; P  = 0.54). CONCLUSIONS: Based on these findings, when compared with aspirin alone, DAPT with clopidogrel prescribed at discharge was not associated with a significant reduction of adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events at 1 year following CABG.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	dual antiplatelet therapy,coronary artery bypass grafting,bleeding
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Related URLs:	https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/pubs:679841
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2017 05:04
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2022 15:43
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64265
DOI:	10.1093/ejcts/ezx075

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