Long-term clinical outcome following coronary artery bypass grafting for XXXX of the left anterior descending coronary artery.

@entity1 @entity712 @entity951 @entity583 @entity850 @entity204
AIMS: To detail the clinical and angiographic profile, and long-term outcome in consecutive @entity1 with @entity850 of the left anterior descending coronary artery undergoing bypass surgery. METHODS: A retrospective study of all @entity1 (n = 301) (January 1984-December 1990) and undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting for isolated left anterior descending disease, in the Irish Republic, was performed. Survival was compared with that of an exact age- and gender-matched cohort. RESULTS: Mean age was 53 (+/- 9.3) years. There were 238 (79%) males. In 241 (80%) @entity1 an internal thoracic arterial bypass graft was used. Operative mortality was 1.3%. Of the 280 (93%) @entity1 alive (16 @entity204 ) at 7.1 (+/- 1.9) years, 105 (35%) had @entity951 , 26 (9%) suffered an interval @entity583 , and repeat revascularization was required on 29 (10%). Female gender (P = 0.002), pre-operative @entity583 (P = 0.02), significant diagonal disease (P = 0.04) and @entity583 (P = 0.0001) were independently associated with survival. Females were more likely to develop @entity712 (P = 0.03) than their male counterparts. CONCLUSIONS: Survivorship (97%) and event-free survival (96%) at 5 years following coronary artery bypass grafting for isolated left anterior descending coronary artery disease is excellent and equivalent to an age-matched and gender-matched cohort.
