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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.
Similarly, Spiecker [ 34] showed that GSNO, blocked TNF-α induced NF-κB activation by EMSA in human saphenous vein endothelium.
The SAFER trial was conducted at 47 sites and enrolled 659 patients undergoing saphenous vein graft percutaneous coronary intervention.
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.
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].