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[Surgical therapy of coronary disease: aortocoronary bypass. Risks and complications]
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
|October 31, 1985
Insights
Aorto-coronary bypass surgery effectively treats coronary artery disease with low mortality. This study validates the procedure
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
Context:
- Established treatment for coronary artery disease (CAD)
- 417 aorto-coronary bypass surgeries performed at University Clinic in Innsbruck over five years
Purpose:
- To demonstrate the benefits of aorto-coronary bypass surgery
- To assess and verify the risks associated with the procedure
- To validate the favorable risk-benefit ratio
Summary:
- Operation lethality decreased to 0.66%
- Mean revascularization rate increased to 2.8
- Procedure shows a low risk profile
Impact:
- Supports the continued use of aorto-coronary bypass surgery
- Provides data for optimizing patient outcomes in CAD treatment
- Highlights the safety and efficacy of the surgical intervention
Abstract:
The aorto-coronary bypass surgery is a well established method for treating patients with coronary artery disease. In the last five years at the University Clinic in Innsbruck 417 operations have been performed. The operation letality decreased down to 0.66%, whereby the mean revascularisation rate increased to 2.8. The specific aim of this paper is to show the benefits and the risks of this operation to validate and to verify the benefits in regard to the risks, which could be kept very low.