Isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in one hundred consecutive octogenarian patients

Autor: W. Douglas Lazenby, Karl H. Krieger, Wilson Ko, O. Wayne Isom, Richard Lazzaro, Yong T. Shin, Marjorie Goldstein
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 102:532-538
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(20)31423-9
Popis: One hundred consecutive patients aged 80 or older underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting for New York Heart Association functional class III (24%) or IV (76%) disease in our institution from 1985 to 1989. The operations were elective in 36 patients, urgent in 52, and emergent in 12. Twenty-eight patients had significant disease of the left main coronary artery, with the remainder having and average of 2.8 diseased coronary vessels. Preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction was considered good (>50%) in 62 patients, fair (30% to 50%) in 24 patients, and poor (
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