Abstract:
Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting is still a therapy of choice for complex ischemic heart disease. The purpose of the study was to assess the relation between obesity and blood flow through aorto-coronary bypass grafts with coexisting preoperative inflammatory state presented as neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelets-to-lymphocyte ratios in a retrospective analysis.
Methods: We analyzed 50 consecutive patients (mean age 65 +/- 8) who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) in our department in 2018. Graft blood flow measurements, as well as platelet-to-lymphocyte (PLR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR) ratios were evaluated.
Results: Obese patients undergoing arterial revascularization were characterized by statistically significant lower arterial grafts flow for RIMA (p=0.0043), LIMA (p=0.0023) and RA (p=0.0214) with satisfactory medium term (897 +/- 123 days) results. The chronic inflammatory parameters including NLR and PLR significantly differed between obese and non-obese patients (p=0.0312 and p=0.0003, respectively). The inverse correlation between BMI and NLR (r=0.307) and PLR(r=0.413) was noted.
Conclusion: Obese patients referred for CABG present a decreased graft blood flow velocity combined with an increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio.