[The Chinese coronary artery bypass grafting registry report: 2004-2005.]

Number of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) increased steadily during the past decade as a result of a higher incidence of coronary artery disease in China. However, little is known about the current status of CABG surgery in contemporary China. This study was to get exact information on CABG in China.

A national multicentre database of patients undergoing CABG with the name of the Chinese CABG Registry Study was established at Fuwai hospital, Beijing, China which is the biggest cardiac centre of China in 2006 and 32 centers of cardiac surgery all over China (mainland) participated in the study. Registry forms were used to collect related information of patients undergoing CABG in these centers for statistical analysis.

From January 2004 to December 2005, CABG was performed in 9247 consecutive patients with coronary artery disease. Mean age was (62.1 +/- 9.1) years and 21.5% patients were female, 76.7% patients had triple vessel disease, and 25.8% patients had left main disease. Overall in-hospital mortality was 3.3%. The in-hospital mortality of isolated CABG was 2.2%.

The in-hospital mortality and the incidences of major accidents of surgery were low in these patients underwent CABG. The operative risk evaluating system for the Chinese CABG patients should be established to improve the survival of CABG operation in China.