VENEK: Healing in Different Vein Harvesting Methods During Aortocoronary Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)
Coronary Artery Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Coronary Artery Disease focused on measuring cardiovascular system, veins, saphenous vein
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Age over 60 years Admission at Herzzentrum Dresden - Herzchirurgie for bypass-operation (OP) with planned veinectomy Eligibility for different modes of planned intervention according to study protocol Signed patient informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Varicose crural veins Emergency patients Combined operational procedures Preoperative complete immobilization
Sites / Locations
- Klinik Bad Gottleuba
- TU Dresden, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Klinik für Kardiochirurgie
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Endoscopic vein harvesting
Open Vein harvesting
Harvesting of vein for coronary artery bypass grafting using endoscopy to visualize the vein
Harvesting of vein for coronary artery bypass grafting without endoscopy