[Operations for patients with coronary arterial obstructive disease and aortic disease]

Forty three patients combined with the coronary artery obstructive disease (CAOD) and the aortic disease (AoD) were classified into 5 groups. Group I: Nine patients underwent simultaneous surgical treatment for CAOD and AoD). Two patients died from non cardiac origins. Group II: Fourteen patients underwent the coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) prior to the operation for AoD. There was no operative death. Group III: There were 12 patients who underwent surgical treatment for AoD only. There were 3 operative deaths and 2 of them died from myocardial infarction. Group IV: There were 3 patients who underwent operation for AoD prior to CABG. Two of them were diagnosed CAOD at more than 22 months after the operation for AoD. Group V: Five patients who underwent no operation for CAOD or AoD. There were three deaths during the follow up period. The causes of their deaths were cardiac or non cardiac.