title: The benefit patients derive from aortocoronary reoperation.
abstract: There is an increasing incidence of aorto coronary reoperation necessitated by intractable angina which averages 2% of 4676 initial bypass procedures. Graft obliteration, graft stenosis or progression of disease led to recurrence of symptoms in 96 patients (84 male, 12 female) who underwent a second operation. Not all occluded or stenotic bypasses were feasible for reoperation. Hospital mortality (30 days) was higher than after initial CABG, but could be reduced from 12.1% to 4.8%. Subjective and objective follow-up investigations were obtained in 77 of 84 survivors and demonstrate that successful reoperation is about 10% lower in patients with a malignant form of atherosclerosis (60%) than in patients who only suffer from occluded grafts or new proximal significant stenoses in previously unbypassed vessels (70%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Grosshadern, Munich, FRG.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weinhold
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Neumaier
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klinner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation