title: Coronary artery bypass grafting for patients with poor left ventricular function.
abstract: Patients undergoing isolated first-time elective coronary bypass surgery were classified according to their preoperative ejection fraction: group 1 comprised 131 patients with poor left ventricular function (ejection fraction < 40%); group 2 was 1,496 control patients. The mean number of distal anastomoses was not significantly different in the 2 groups, however, clamp time, pump time, and operative time were longer in group 1. Patient recovery was significantly slower in group 1. Morbidity (14.5% in group 1 versus 7.4% in group 2, p < 0.005) and mortality (2.3% versus 0.1%, p < 0.0001) were higher in group 1. During late follow-up, the 5-year survival rate (70.1% versus 90.5%) and 5-year event-free rate (65.6% versus 81.9%) were significantly inferior in group 1 compared to group 2. The results of bypass surgery in cases of decreased left ventricular function were poor, and such patients need to be carefully followed up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobari General Hospital, Chiba, Japan. genex@nifty.com
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Syuichirou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takanashi
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*