Safety of perioperative aprotinin administration during isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Insights from the ART (Arterial Revascularization Trial)

Benedetto, Umberto, Altman, Douglas G., Gerry, Stephen, Gray, Alastair, Lees, Belinda, Angelini, Gianni D., Flather, Marcus and Taggart, David P. (2018) Safety of perioperative aprotinin administration during isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Insights from the ART (Arterial Revascularization Trial). Journal of the American Heart Association, 7 (5). ISSN 2047-9980

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Abstract

Background There is still uncertainty about the safety of aprotinin for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The ART (Arterial Revascularization Trial) was designed to compare survival after bilateral versus single internal thoracic artery grafting. Many of the ART patients (≈30%) received perioperative aprotinin. We investigated the association between perioperative aprotinin administration and short‐term (in‐hospital) and long‐term outcomes by performing a post hoc analysis of the ART. Methods and Results Among patients enrolled in the ART (n=3102) from 2004 to 2007, we excluded those who did not undergo surgery (n=18) and those with no information about use of perioperative aprotinin (n=9). Finally, 836 of 3076 patients (27%) received aprotinin. Propensity matching was used to select 536 pairs for final comparison. Aprotinin was also associated with an increased risk of hospital mortality (9 [1.7%] versus 1 [0.2%]; odds ratio, 9.12; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.15–72.2; P=0.03), intra‐aortic balloon pump insertion (37 [6.9%] versus 17 [3.2%]; odds ratio, 2.26; 95% CI, 1.26–4.07; P=0.006), and acute kidney injury (102 [19.0%] versus 76 [14.2%]; odds ratio, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.03–1.97; P=0.03). Aprotinin was not associated with a lower incidence of transfusion (37 [6.9%] versus 28 [5.2%]; odds ratio, 1.34; 95% CI, 0.81–2.23; P=0.25) and reexploration (26 [4.9%] versus 19 [3.5%]; hazard ratio, 1.39; 95% CI, 0.76–2.53; P=0.28). At 5 years, all‐cause mortality was significantly increased in the aprotinin group (56 [10.6%] versus 38 [7.3%]; hazard ratio, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.0–2.28; P=0.045). Conclusions In the present post hoc ART analysis, aprotinin was associated with a significantly increased risk of early and late mortality.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: aprotinin,coronary artery bypass graft surgery,outcomes,propensity score matching,surgery
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
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Date Deposited: 21 Mar 2018 09:38
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 03:39
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66535
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007570

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