Coronary endarterectomy during bypass grafting is associated with higher short-term mortality and morbidity, but this excess risk is partly attributable to greater baseline disease severity.
Does coronary artery bypass grafting with coronary endarterectomy affect short-term mortality and morbidity compared to isolated bypass grafting?
While CABG with coronary endarterectomy carries higher short-term risks than isolated CABG, this excess risk may reflect baseline disease severity rather than the procedure itself, providing benchmarking data for clinical counseling.
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Coronary artery bypass grafting with coronary endarterectomy is associated with higher short-term mortality and morbidity compared with isolated bypass grafting; however, confounder-adjusted analyses suggest this excess risk is partly attributable to greater baseline disease severity rather than an independent procedural effect. The scarcity of data and absence of randomized evidence preclude definitive causal conclusions. These findings provide benchmarking data for counselling when endarterectomy is necessary to achieve complete revascularisation.
Hon et al. (Tue,) reported a other. Coronary endarterectomy during bypass grafting is associated with higher short-term mortality and morbidity, but this excess risk is partly attributable to greater baseline disease severity.