Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a 22 years experience

ABSTRACT

This study presents the results of 3011 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG] surgery at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases [NICVD], Karachi, from 1977 to 1998. Of the 3011 patients, 81 percent had triple vessel disease. A total of 9964 grafts were done in these patients with an average of 3.3 grafts per patient Post-operatively, morbidity was comparable to the western data. However, the incidence of post-operative wound infection was much higher. Mortality was 9.4 percent daring the first 5 years of study. It has dropped down to 3.2 percent in recent years