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Table 2: Comorbidities and clinical presentation of patients undergoing FPV harvest 1

Peripheral
Aorto-iliac Mesenteric Dialysis
Total (%) vascular
cohort (%) cohort (%) access (%)
cohort (%)

Comorbid conditions

Cerebrovascular accident 14 18 19 5 0
Coronary artery disease 64 71 58 75 17

Hypertension 89 95 81 100 50
COPD 32 37 23 45 0
Chronic kidney disease 22 13 23 15 100
End-stage renal disease 8 0 0 5 100
Smoking 79 89 81 75 17
Malnutrition* 83 40 23 17 4

COPD, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FPV, femoropopliteal vein.
Data are presented as number (%) or mean.
*Fifty-three patients had recorded preoperative albumin levels.

Table 3: Graft harvest complications, perioperative morbidity and mortality, and hospital
metrics of patients undergoing FPV harvest 1

Peripheral
Aorto-iliac Mesenteric Dialysis
Total (%) vascular
cohort (%) cohort (%) access (%)
cohort (%)
Complications

Conduit-related

Graft-associated hemorrhage 8 3 17 9 17
Graft occlusion 16 18 13 0 67

Vein harvest-related

Lymphatic 4 0 7 5 17

Compartment syndrome 7 8 4 5 17
Surgical site infection 7 8 7 5 0

Systemic

Myocardial ischemia 10 8 12 15 0
Respiratory 22 18 12 45 17
Renal insufficiency 41 50 38 40 -
Major extremity amputation 8 8 15 0 0
Death 9 11 8 5 17

Data are presented as number (%) or mean.