Palliative coronary artery surgery in patients with severe noncardiac diseases.
Eight patients with severe systemic pathologies and refractory angina unsuitable for angioplasty were submitted to palliative surgical revascularization without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass and limited to the culprit vessels. Complete relief from angina was achieved in all patients without postoperative mortality and morbidity.
Gaudino
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Santarelli
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Bruno
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Piancone
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Possati
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D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications