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Surgical Therapy for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease by Killen, Duncan A.; Reed, William A.; Kindred, Lynn; McConahay, David R.; Arnold, Malcolm is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Surgical Therapy for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease about?
Institute is reported. There were four (1.5%) operative deaths. All patients have been followed until their death or for 2 to 5 years with a mean follow-up of 3.8 years. There has been an incidence of acute myocardial infarction of 2.2 per 100 patient-years offollow-up, and four patients (1.5%) have required a second coronary artery bypass procedure. There have been 19 late deaths. Death was more frequent in women and in patients who had fewer than three bypasses performed. Actuarial survival at 5 years for the entire group was 88.8%. The expected survival rate of a general population matched for age and sex at 5 years is 88.4%. It is concluded that coronary artery bypass for left main coronary artery disease favorably affects longevity.
Who reads Surgical Therapy for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Killen, Duncan A.; Reed, William A.; Kindred, Lynn; McConahay, David R.; Arnold, Malcolm
- Publisher
- CTSNet; American Association for Thoracic Surgery; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV; Publons (ISSN 1097-685X)
- Published
- 1980
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)