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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].
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.
Inclusion criteria were stenoses of 50-99% in saphenous vein grafts 3-6 mm in diameter, more than 5 mm from the ostium and 20 mm from the distal anastamosis, and at least TIMI 1 flow at baseline.
A complication rate of 7% was reported during 61 saphenous vein graft interventions (4 non-Q wave MIs).
The SAFER trial was conducted at 47 sites and enrolled 659 patients undergoing saphenous vein graft percutaneous coronary intervention.