Mortality, risk indicators for death, and mode of death in younger and elderly patients during five years after coronary artery bypass graft

摘要: BACKGROUND: The number of elderly patients who may be candidates for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) severe disease has increased. Cardiac surgery in the is a high-risk procedure because many these have concomitant systemic and other disabilities. HYPOTHESIS: study was undertaken to evaluate mortality, risk indicators death, mode death younger during 5 years after CABG. METHODS: included all western Sweden underwent CABG without valve previously performed between June 1988 1991. In all, 2,000 patients, whom 953 (48%) were > or = 65 years, divided into two age groups ( years). RESULTS: Compared with had relative 2.3 (95% confidence interval 1.8-3.0). increased significantly more marked men, angina pectoris, history cerebrovascular diseases. place appeared similar regardless age; neither there difference symptoms pectoris among survivors CONCLUSION: < than twice as high subsequent this higher those no disease.