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RESULTS OF CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY
Author(s) -
Hunt David,
Ramshaw Jayne,
Lambert Rodney,
Luxton Michael,
Dowling John,
Sloman Graeme
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb135837.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , angina , myocardial infarction , surgery , mortality rate , survival rate , artery , population , cardiology , environmental health
Four hundred and two patients undergoing coronary artery surgery from 1972 to 1978 inclusive have been followed up; 343 patients had coronary artery surgery without associated surgical procedures. In the over‐all experience, the operative mortality rate was 5% falling to 1.5% in recent years. The seven‐year survival rate was 90% compared with a 92% for an age‐sex matched population. Late survival figures have improved with further surgical experience and the 30‐month survival is now 98%. Seven per cent of patients sustained a perioperative infarction, but the over‐all mortality rate was similar in patients with or without infarction. There has been a recurrence rate of angina of approximately 5% per annum; however, in our more recent experience, 82% of our patients were alive and free of angina two years after surgery.