• Department of Cardiac Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, P. R. China;
GUTian-xiang, Email: cmugtx@sina.com
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Objective To investigate surgical treatment strategies for diffuse coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods From January 2003 to June 2013, 92 patients with diffuse CAD received complete coronary revascularization including coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)and coronary endarterectomy (CE)in the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University. There were 63 male and 29 female patients with their age of 52-81 (68.7±10.5)years. After CE and during follow-up, coronary CT angiography (CTA)was used to assess graft patency, and improvement of patients' cardiac function and angina symptoms were observed. Results Target vessel diameter of the 92 patients was all larger than 1.5 mm after CE. Sixty-three patients (with 69 CE grafts)received intraoperative graft blood flow measurement, showing 59 grafts (85.5%)with satisfactory blood flow[blood flow 13-42 (23.4±12.7)ml/min, pulsatility index (PI)1.6-4.2 (2.1±1.1)]. Six patients (6.5%)had perioperative myocardial infarction (MI), and 4 patients (4.3%)died within 30 days after surgery including 2 patients with acute MI and cardiogenic shock, 1 patient with low cardiac output syndrome and multiple organ failure, and 1 patient with massive cerebral infarction. Seventy-three patients (83%)were followed up for 6-108 (49.3±26.7)months after discharge, and 15 patients were lost during follow-up. During follow-up, coronary CTA showed graft patency of 83.9% after CE. Four patients (5.5%)died including 1 patient with heart failure and pulmonary infection, 1 patient of unexplained sudden death, 1 patient with cerebral hemorrhage, and 1 patient with lung cancer. Five-year survival rate was 87% after CE. Six months after CE, ejection fraction (EF)was significantly higher than preo-perative EF (55.6%±9.7% vs. 50.2%±10.5%, P < 0.05), patients' cardiac function significantly improved, and their angina symptoms were significantly relieved. Conclusion CABG with CE can improve coronary revascularization for patients with diffuse CAD, and short-and long-term results are satisfactory.

Citation: FANGQin, GUTian-xiang, LIUBo, SHIEn-yi, YULei, WANGChun. Short-and Long-term Results of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Coronary Endarterectomy. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2014, 21(6): 744-747. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20140214 Copy

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