Concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting during surgical repair of acute type A aortic dissection affects operative mortality rather than midterm mortality.

CONCLUSIONS: Concomitant CABG carries a significant operative risk in ATAAD patients undergoing surgical repair. However, survivors may benefit from concomitant CABG and had similar midterm mortality compared with the other cases. PMID: 33581945 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33581945?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asian Journal of Surgery - February 11, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Zhang K, Dong SB, Pan XD, Lin Y, Zhu K, Zheng J, Sun LZ Tags: Asian J Surg Source Type: research

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