Why the study?
Does routine coronary angiography prior to elective aortic reconstruction identify severe CAD and allow for safe surgical outcomes?
Does routine coronary angiography prior to elective aortic reconstruction identify severe CAD and allow for safe surgical outcomes?
Routine coronary angiography prior to elective aortic reconstruction identifies a significant proportion of patients with severe, correctable CAD, even without clinical evidence, allowing for staged revascularization with low operative mortality.
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May support routine angiography before elective aortic reconstruction to enable staged revascularization; leaves open whether this reduces mortality in randomized trials.
Norman Hertzer (1979) studied this question.
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