title: [Prognosis and trends in bypass surgery].
abstract: Various long-term prospective studies evaluated subgroups of patients obtaining benefits of prognosis and life quality by undergoing CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting). Early and late graft failure was a recurrent problem. A significant reduction of early graft occlusion was possible by using platelet inhibitory drugs or anticoagulant therapy while IMA grafts showed an excellent long-term patency preventing late graft failure. Additionally IMA grafts improved life expectancy and reduced the risk of myocardial infarction. Although the number of high risk patients and emergency procedures increased the over all mortality rate decreased.
authors.affiliation: Volksfürsorge Deutsche Lebensversicherungs AG, Hamburg.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Sittaro
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D012086:Reoperation
vernacular_title: Prognose und Trends in der Bypasschirurgie.