title: Fate of patients 1--6 years after operation on account of coronary artery disease.
abstract: The authors analyzed the fate of 234 patients 1--6 years after operation of the coronary arteries. In the majority of patients they recorded alleviation of complaints and improved physical performance. Part of the patients resumed employment. Successful revascularization of the heart muscle improved the mechanical function of the left ventricle. Indirect comparisons suggest that the number of patients who survived late myocardial infarction and late mortality are lower in operated patients than in similar patients treated only conservatively. Final evaluation of all possible methods of surgical treatment of the coronary arteries will call for further work. The experience as regards indications, surgical tactics and techniques in postoperative care assembled during the past period improve fundamentally the immediate results of surgical treatment of coronary artery disease and this must be manifested also in the subsequent fate of these patients.
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis