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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
Between January 1974 and December 1983, 3279 patients have undergone isolated coronary artery bypass (CAB) grafting at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. There were 639 women in this group. Women represented 18 to 22% of the patients having isolated CAB grafting throughout the 10-year period, except in 1976 when only 13% of the CAB patients were women. Mean age-at-operation for women has increased from 53.9 to 61.1 years since 1974, and was higher than the mean operative age of men during each of the 10 years. Although the oldest woman undergoing CAB grafting in 1974 was 64 years old, the eldest in 1983 was 84 years old. Except for an older mean age-at-operation for women and a higher incidence of unstable angina prior to surgery, the only other significant difference in the clinical status of female versus male CAB patients, detected by a case control analysis, was the smaller body surface area of women compared to men. Although operative mortality was significantly greater for women during most of this review period, mortality was similar during 1983 (2.6% for men versus 2.4% for women), in spite of a significantly higher incidence of unstable angina in the female group (54% for women versus 35% for men). The improved survival noted following coronary bypass grafting in women, which occurred in spite of the advancing age of the female group, supports an aggressive approach to surgical intervention in women with severe coronary artery disease.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0003-4932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
201
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
780-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Coronary artery bypass grafting in women. A ten-year perspective.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study