Key result
CABG demonstrates ~3% operative mortality and low long-term death rates over five years.
Cohort (n=4,522)
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Aortocoronary bypass procedures can be performed with low operative mortality and favorable long-term survival.
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Supports CABG safety in large observational series; leaves open generalizability to modern cohorts and randomized comparisons.
Reul et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass (n=4,522). Aortocoronary bypass procedures was evaluated on Long-term mortality. Aortocoronary bypass procedures in 4,522 patients demonstrated an operative mortality of <3.5% and a long-term mortality of approximately 2.5% per year over 5 years.
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