Table 2.

Procedural characteristics of propensity-matched patients based on sequential venous grafts

Characteristics	Individual grafts (n = 127)	Sequential grafts (n = 127)	P
Distal anastomoses	3.8 ± 0.5	3.8 ± 0.5	0.90
Proximal anastomoses	2.8 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 0.5	<0.001
Sequential anastomoses	0 ± 0	2.0 ± 0.1	<0.001
Blood flow per distal anastomoses (ml)	35.3 ± 13.3	33.7 ± 13.0	0.34
Blood flow per VG (ml)	40.4 ± 16.6	59.5 ± 27.0	<0.001
Pulsative index per VG	1.9 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 0.7	0.44
Blood flow per SVG* or IVG† (ml)	40.4 ± 16.6†	69.7 ± 32.3*	<0.001
Pulsative index per SVG* or IVG†	1.9 ± 0.5†	1.9 ± 0.6*	0.70

*^,†Values for SVG and IVG respectively. IVG: Individual vein graft; SVG: Sequential vein graft; VG: Vein graft.