Aspirin usage and its influence on femoro-popliteal vein graft patency. The Femoro-popliteal Bypass Trial Participants - PubMed (original) (raw)
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Aspirin usage and its influence on femoro-popliteal vein graft patency. The Femoro-popliteal Bypass Trial Participants
P J Franks et al. Eur J Vasc Surg. 1992 Mar.
Abstract
As part of the Femoro-popliteal Bypass Trial patients undergoing femoro-popliteal vein bypass were randomised to aspirin 300 mg and dipyridamole 150 mg twice daily or identical placebo tablets. Blood was taken from a subgroup of 145 patients (mean age 66.3 years) with patent grafts at 6 months. Serum salicylate analysis revealed that of the 65 randomised to receive placebo 18 (28%) had evidence of salicylate in their sample (greater than 50 ng ml-1). Similarly, in those randomised to active treatment and considered to be good compliers 16/61 (26%) had no evidence of salicylate in their serum sample (less than 50 ng ml-1). Analysis of primary graft patency by "intention to treat" failed to detect a difference by life table, the risk being slightly higher in the group assigned to placebo (RR = 1.33, 95% confidence internal C.I. 0.64-2.78, p = 0.438). When comparing patients with no detectable serum concentration (less than 50 ng ml-1) with patients with serum salicylate over 50 ng ml-1 there was a significant difference in graft patency at 66 versus 83% respectively at 3 years (RR = 2.38, 95%C.I. 1.08-5.26, p = 0.024). When corrected for a number of possible risk factors this significant difference was maintained (RR = 2.78, 95%C.I. 1.15-6.67, p = 0.017). Although these findings are based on observational data they provide indirect evidence of an improvement in graft patency with aspirin. This result combined with the finding of a significant reduction in cardiovascular events in the main trial results support the use of aspirin and dipyridamole in patients undergoing femoro-popliteal vein bypass.
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