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313646

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
Three hundred consecutive patients received coronary arterial bypass grafts as treatment for stenosis of the left main coronary artery. Ostial stenosis was more prevalent among women (P less than 0.001). Operative (hospital) mortality was 4 percent (12 of 300). Among 148 survivors who underwent recatheterization after a mean interval of 16.5 months, the graft patency rate was 88 percent. After a minimal follow-up period of 49 months and a mean interval of 69 months, 75 percent of the survivors were asymptomatic and 94 percent were employed or fully active. The actuarial 5 year survival rate was 88.2 percent. The presence of right coronary artery disease, abnormal preoperative ventricular function and incomplete revascularization adversely affected survival, but the differences did not reach statistical significance. Comparison of this long-term follow-up study with controlled and noncontrolled studies of nonsurgical treatment of obstructions of the left main coronary artery indicates that myocardial revascularization alleviates cardiac symptoms and increases life expectancy in patients with severe atherosclerosis of this artery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Atherosclerosis of the left main coronary artery: 5 years results of surgical treatment.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study