Survival after coronary artery bypass surgery in specific patient groups. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The results of coronary bypass 5-10 years after operation at the Baylor College of Medicine are reported. The late results demonstrate that good relief of symptoms of angina pectoris persisted in 89% of patients at 10 years of follow-up. An overall annual attrition rate of 3% has been fairly constant through 10 years of follow-up. Graft patency has declined at a rate of about 1% per year after the first year, with patency rates in the 5-10-year interval approaching 80%. Pathologic changes in the vein grafts of intimal proliferation or atherosclerosis appear to pose a limited threat to long-term patency. Although derived from an early experience in which perioperative mortality was relatively high and revascularization incomplete, these favorable long-term results are encouraging.

publication date

  • June 1, 1982

Research

keywords

  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Disease

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0020079770

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1161/01.cir.65.7.43

PubMed ID

  • 6979430

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 65

issue

  • 7 Pt 2