Why the study?
Does aortocoronary reoperation provide clinical benefit in patients with intractable angina following initial bypass surgery?
Population
96 patients undergoing aortocoronary reoperation for intractable angina due to graft obliteration, graft…
Design
Cohort
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May benefit select post-CABG patients with intractable angina; leaves open optimal pathology-based selection in prospective trials.
Does aortocoronary reoperation provide clinical benefit in patients with intractable angina following initial bypass surgery?
Aortocoronary reoperation carries a higher mortality risk than initial CABG but provides successful outcomes in 60-70% of survivors depending on the underlying coronary pathology.
Weinhold et al. (1988) studied this question.
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