title: Coronary artery bypass surgery. A community hospital's experience.
abstract: The initial phase (1982) of a comprehensive surgical audit at a large community hospital involved 325 consecutive patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. The resulting data were compatible with the findings of the Coronary Artery Surgery Study. Mean patient age was 57.5 +/- 8.8 years. Revascularization was complete in 77% of patients. Perioperative infarction rate was 4.6%, and in-hospital mortality was 1.2%. Operative risk was highest in those with left main coronary artery stenosis greater than 70%. Age, sex, and ventricular function status did not adversely affect survival.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001810:Blood Volume; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality