title: [The clinical study on the surgical treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with coronary artery disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the factors which influence the safety and prognosis of aorta replacement combined with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with coronary artery disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  From May 1982 to October 2002, 67 patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm were admitted, and 24 of them combined with CABG. Of the 24 patients, 9 received descending aorta replacement combined with CABG, and the other 15 received the ascending aorta replacement combined with CABG. The treatment results were compared with the other 43 patients only undergoing the thoracic aortic replacement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mortality rate of the patients with aorta replacement combined with CABG was 13% (3/24). Though the descending aorta replacement combined with CABG could make the cardiopulmonary bypass time and selective cerebral perfusion time longer, (278 +/- 54) min and (188 +/- 59) min respectively, no significant difference was observed in postoperative complications, 3-year survival rate, 3-year-cardiac-event-free rate compared with the patients only undergoing the thoracic aortic replacement (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aorta replacement combined with CABG can be performed safely, and the revascularization for coronary artery disease is useful for preventing occurrence of cardiac events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhi-fu
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Shang-zhi
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Bang-chang
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Zhi-wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors