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Emergency coronary artery bypass surgery for failed percutaneous coronary angioplasty. A 10-year experience.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1616379     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Six hundred ninety-nine patients have required emergency coronary artery bypass after failed elective percutaneous coronary angioplasty during the decade September 1980 through December 1990. This represents 4% of 9860 patients having 12,146 elective percutaneous coronary angioplasty procedures during this interval. Emergency coronary artery bypass was required for acute refractory myocardial ischemia in 82%. Hospital mortality rate for all patients was 3.1%; 3.7% in patients with refractory myocardial ischemia but 0.8% in patients without refractory myocardial ischemia, p = 0.08. Postprocedural Q-wave myocardial infarctions were observed in 21% versus 2.4%, p less than 0.0001, and intra-aortic balloon pumping was required in 19% with versus 0.8% without refractory myocardial ischemia, p less than 0.0001. Multivessel disease, p = 0.004, age older than 65 years, p = 0.005, and refractory myocardial ischemia, p = 0.08, interacted to produce the highest risk of in-hospital death. Follow-up shows that there have been 28 additional late deaths, including 23 of cardiac causes for a 91% survival at 5 years. Freedom from both late death and Q-wave myocardial infarction at 5 years was 61%. In the group going to emergency coronary artery bypass with refractory myocardial ischemia, the late cardiac survival was 90%, and in those without ischemia, 92% at 5 years, p = not significant. The MI--free survival in the group with refractory ischemia, however, was 56% versus 83% in the group without ischemia, p less than 0.0001. Multivariate analysis showed the highest late event rates for patients with Q-wave myocardial infarction at the initial emergency coronary artery bypass, age older than 65 years, angina class III or IV, and prior coronary bypass surgery. In spite of a continuing high incidence of early acute myocardial infarction and an increasing operative mortality rate (7%) in the latest 3 years cohort of patients, excellent late survival and low subsequent cardiac event rates demonstrate the lasting effectiveness of prompt, successful emergency coronary bypass surgery for failed percutaneous coronary angioplasty.
Authors:
J M Craver; W S Weintraub; E L Jones; R A Guyton; C R Hatcher
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Annals of surgery     Volume:  215     ISSN:  0003-4932     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. Surg.     Publication Date:  1992 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-07-30     Completed Date:  1992-07-30     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372354     Medline TA:  Ann Surg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  425-33; discussion 433-4     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Actuarial Analysis
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary*
Coronary Artery Bypass* / mortality
Coronary Disease / mortality,  surgery*
Emergencies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Incidence
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / utilization
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Time Factors
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