Does small mid-LAD diameter increase the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing CABG?
Smaller coronary artery diameter (mid-LAD) is associated with higher in-hospital mortality after CABG, which may explain the higher perioperative mortality observed in women and smaller individuals.
Small mid-LAD diameter is associated with substantially increased risk of in-hospital mortality with CABG. Although body size is correlated with mid-LAD diameter, women have smaller coronary arteries than men after controlling for differences in body size. These findings further support the hypothesis that smaller coronary arteries explain higher perioperative mortality with CABG in women and smaller people.
O’Connor et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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