Combined carotid and coronary revascularization.
A series of 295 patients with combined extracranial and coronary revascularization procedures is analyzed. Operations were combined in patients with symptomatic or severe carotid lesions. Hospital mortality was 3.5%; hospital morbidity was mainly neurological with 5% reversible neurological deficits or strokes. The independent risk factors for hospital mortality and morbidity as well as for long-term survival and morbidity were statistically analyzed. The 10-year survival was 47% and predominantly determined by the cardiac 10-year survival (61%).
Vermeulen
F
F
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
Hamerlijnck
R
R
Defauw
J
J
Ernst
J
J
Mauser
H
H
Ackerstaff
R
R
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization / Q000401:mortality; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors