Perioperative myocardial infarction with aortocoronary bypass graft surgery.
In 1975, 160 patients underwent aortocoronary bypass graft surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. The incidence of perioperative myocardial infarction varied between 2-5% and 5-6% depending on the criteria used to diagnose pathological Q waves, and thus compared favourably with other reported series. The low incidence suggested that perioperative infarction should be considered as neither a deterrent to coronary bypass surgery nor a significant cause of postoperative relief of angina.
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*