title: Aortocoronary bypass-classification and results.
abstract: Technical, physiologic, metabolic, and pathologic factors combine to determine the long-term patency of aortocoronary bypass grafts. Numerous variables are present in each of these categories, and the results of the operation cannot be determined unless comparable groups of patients are studied objectively. The classification proposed in this paper takes into account many of the factors that can effect graft patency. The available results of direct coronary arterial surgery are stated and used as the basis for five-year projections in the context of the proposed classification system.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000145:classification*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides