title: Coronary artery surgery results 1996.
abstract: This survey on ischemic heart disease surgery began in 1974 and has continued to report the current status of surgical treatment in Japan. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has increased markedly and surgical results have become increasingly favorable. This report describes CABG and surgery for postinfarction complications in 1996, including the first investigation on CABG without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) and minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB).
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sezai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate