Clinical Study

Does Early Graft Patency Benefit from Perioperative Statin Therapy? A Propensity Score-Matched Study of Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Table 3

Transit-time flow outcomes: mean graft flow and pulsation index in CS and DS groups.

Graft positionGraft flow, mL/minPulsation index
CS groupDS groupP-ValueCS groupDS groupP-Value

LIMA: anterior wall22.80±15.9422.20±11.310.662.26±0.642.28±0.600.76
Aorta: anterior wall46.62±27.3448.60±23.310.551.87±0.671.82±0.380.55
Aorta: lateral wall40.41±21.0244.43±22.370.062.05±0.951.94±0.740.22
Aorta: inferior wall43.63±23.0745.06±24.730.591.80±0.671.93±0.930.13
Occluded graft29.10±19.5735.08±23.380.442.10±0.632.61±1.170.18

LIMA = left internal mammary artery.