The Probability of Closure in Aortocoronary Vein Bypass Grafts

Autor: Rimm, Alfred A., Blumlein, Steven, Barboriak, Joseph J., Anderson, Alfred J., Walker, John A., Johnson, W. Dudley
Zdroj: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; December 1976, Vol. 236 Issue: 23 p2637-2640, 4p
Abstrakt: A study of 540 patients who had the aortocoronary vein bypass operation (from several transplant teams) showed that grafts within a patient closed independently of one another during the first two-year postoperative period. For patients with a single vein graft, there was a 23% chance of closure during the first two-year postoperative period. The chance that all grafts would close during this period for patients with two grafts was 5%, and it was 1% for patients with three grafts. The knowledge of these closure probabilities may be used by the surgeon when planning the optimal surgical maneuver.(JAMA 236:2637-2640, 1976)
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