Reoperation for Coronary Atherosclerosis
Why the study?
What are the trends in clinical outcomes and factors associated with long-term survival in patients undergoing reoperation for myocardial revascularization?
Population
2509 consecutive patients who underwent reoperation for myocardial revascularization at The Cleveland Clinic…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 years
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Discussion
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Implication
Reoperation mortality remained low despite rising comorbidity; leaves open applicability of these trends to contemporary practice.
Structured PICO
What are the trends in clinical outcomes and factors associated with long-term survival in patients undergoing reoperation for myocardial revascularization?
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Population
2509 consecutive patients who underwent reoperation for myocardial revascularization at The Cleveland Clinic during a 20-year period (1967 to 1987)
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Intervention
Reoperation for myocardial revascularization
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Outcome
Hospital mortality and long-term survivalhard clinical
Reoperation for myocardial revascularization can be performed with low hospital mortality despite increasing patient complexity, and the use of internal thoracic artery grafts is associated with improved 10-year survival.
Cite This Study
Loop et al. (1990) studied this question.