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314276

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty-five patients who underwent prophylactic coronary artery grafting were followed for 4 to 8 years. Sixteen patients had no angina, and 39 were in New York Heart Association Functional Class I. Twenty-one patients had single-vessel disease, 13 had double-vessel disease, and 27, triple-vessel disease. A total of 101 grafts were inserted. There were no operative deaths. Two patients suffered a perioperative myocardial infarction (MI), and 3 were reoperated on for persistent bleeding. Early after operation, 9 of the 45 grafts were occluded. At 1 year, 2 patients had occlusion of all grafts, and 1 had similar findings at 5 years. There were 4 late deaths, 3 related to coronary artery disease. Seven patients sustained a late MI. Thirty-one of the 51 survivors (60.8%) seen late (mean, 69.3 months) after operation were free from angina; 14 were in Class I and 6, Class II. It is apparent from this retrospective study that patients such as these stand to benefit little from prophylactic revascularization. Longevity may be increased, however, in patients who are asymptomatic after MI.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0003-4975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Prophylactic coronary artery grafting in patients with few or no symptoms.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article