Cause of death during 13 years after coronary artery bypass grafting with emphasis on cardiac death

Herlitz, Johan,1949Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Hjärt-kärlinstitutionen,Cardiovascular Institute,[external] (author)

OBJECTIVE: To describe the cause of death in the long term after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with particular emphasis on cardiac death. PATIENTS AND SETTING: All the patients in western Sweden without simultaneous valve surgery and without previous CABG who underwent CABG in 1988-1991 in Goteborg, Sweden. DESIGN: Prospective, observational study for 10.6-13.6 years (i.e. until the end of 2001). Various factors contributing to death were described, with the emphasis on cardiac death. RESULTS: In all, 2000 patients were included in the survey. The all-cause mortality rate was 39%. Fifty-eight per cent of all deaths were judged as cardiac deaths. The most frequent cause of death was heart failure (65% among patients who died within 30 days after CABG and 36% among those who died >30 days after CABG). The second most common cause of death was myocardial infarction (56 and 29%, respectively), followed by cancer (0 and 24%, respectively), stroke (21 and 18%, respectively) and infection (8 and 11%, respectively). CONCLUSION: The factors most commonly contributing to death in the long term after CABG were, in order of frequency, heart failure, myocardial infarction, cancer, stroke and infection.

Brandrup-Wognsen, Gunnar,1958Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Hjärt-kärlinstitutionen,Cardiovascular Institute(Swepub:gu)xbrang (author)
Caidahl, Kenneth,1949Karolinska Institutet,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Hjärt-kärlinstitutionen,Cardiovascular Institute(Swepub:gu)xcaike (author)
Haglid Evander, Maria,1946Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Hjärt-kärlinstitutionen,Cardiovascular Institute(Swepub:gu)xhaglm (author)
Hartford, Marianne,1944Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Hjärt-kärlinstitutionen,Cardiovascular Institute(Swepub:gu)xhartm (author)
Karlson, Björn W.,1953 (author)
Karlsson, Thomas,1956Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Hjärt-kärlinstitutionen,Cardiovascular Institute(Swepub:gu)xkarth (author)
Sjöland, Helen,1959Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Hjärt-kärlinstitutionen,Cardiovascular Institute(Swepub:gu)xsjolh (author)
Göteborgs universitetHjärt-kärlinstitutionen (creator_code:org_t)

In:Scand Cardiovasc J: Informa UK Limited38:5, s. 283-61401-74311651-2006
In:Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal: Informa UK Limited38:5, s. 283-61651-2006

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By the university: University of Gothenburg; Karolinska Institutet; University of Borås

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