title: Combined coronary artery bypass grafting and carotid endarterectomy.
abstract: Combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting was performed in 52 patients between January 1982 and September 1994. Forty-nine patients had stable or unstable angina and three had symptom-free coronary artery disease detected by stress testing. Thirty-one patients had triple-vessel disease and 17 had left main trunk or left main equivalent coronary artery disease. Five patients had symptom-free carotid artery disease, 12 had non-specific neurological symptoms, and 35 had transient ischaemic attacks. Carotid endarterectomy was performed first, followed by coronary artery bypass grafting. There were three postoperative deaths, two cardiac and one neurological, for a mortality rate of 5.8%. One patient suffered a permanent neurological deficit (1.9%). It is concluded that combined carotid endarterectomy/coronary artery bypass grafting can be performed in selected patients with acceptable neurological morbidity, although cardiac mortality was not eliminated by the combined approach.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vicaretti
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klineberg
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hazelton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tomlinson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nunn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chard
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meldrum-Hanna
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002423:Cause of Death; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate