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Periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with a worse prognosis, particularly when it is large, which is most clearly demonstrated in saphenous vein bypass graft interventions.
The SAFER trial was conducted at 47 sites and enrolled 659 patients undergoing saphenous vein graft percutaneous coronary intervention.
A complication rate of 7% was reported during 61 saphenous vein graft interventions (4 non-Q wave MIs).
The Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention using AngioGuard for reduction of Distal Embolization (GUARD) trial is also ongoing and will determine the efficacy of this device in a study population analogous to the SAFER trial.
Distal embolization during saphenous vein graft intervention is predominantly due to soft acellular atheromatous material typically found under the fibrous cap (cholesterol clefts, lipid-rich macrophages, and fibrin material) that occurs in >10% of interventions on vein grafts that are more than three years old [ 9].