title: Comparison of results of coronary angioplasty during acute myocardial infarction with and without previous coronary bypass surgery.
abstract: Six hundred one consecutive patients undergoing reperfusion within 6 hours of acute myocardial infarction were studied with regard to impact of previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on direct coronary angioplasty performance and results. Forty-nine patients (8%) had previously undergone CABG, whereas 552 (92%) had not. Direct angioplasty was used for reperfusion in 35 patients (71%) in the CABG group, and in 258 (47%) in the non-CABG group (p < 0.01). No significant differences between these groups were noted with regard to gender, age, infarction site, time to reperfusion or angioplasty success (34 of 35 CABG patients [97%] vs 236 of 258 non-CABG patients [92%]). CABG patients were more likely to have had previous infarction (17 of 35 [49%] vs 35 of 258 [14%] [p < 0.001]), multivessel disease (34 of 35 [97%] vs 127 of 258 [49%] [p < 0.001]) and lower mean ejection fraction (0.36 +/- 0.13 vs 0.46 +/- 0.12, p < 0.001). Over a mean follow-up of 151 weeks, 24 patients (69%) in the CABG group were restudied versus 112 (43%) in the non-CABG group (p < 0.01). Restenosis occurred in 14 patients (40%) in the CABG group versus 58 (22%) in the group without previous CABG (p = 0.04). In the CABG group, restenosis occurred significantly more often in saphenous vein grafts than in native vessels (12 of 17 [71%] vs 2 of 11 [18%] [p < 0.02]). There was no significant difference in the overall performance of repeat angioplasty between the 2 groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Mid-America Heart Institute, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vacek
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Rosamond
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Crouse
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Beauchamp
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome