From January 1990 to May 1993 , 32 patients were underwent aortocoronary bypass with venous conduit using saphenous vein at Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Masan Koryo General Hospital. There were 19 men, 13 women and a mean
age
was
57.8 years (range from 46 to 68). The involved risk factors were as follows: smoking 15 cases, hypertension 14 cases, diabetic mellitus 6 cases, cholesterol (>240mg/dl) 13 cases, and triglyceride (>180mg/dl) 11 cases. The preoperative clinical
status
were chronic stable angina 4 cases, unstable angina 24 cases and myocardial infarction 4 cases. At angiogram, numbers that involved in coronary artery of narrowing more than 50% luminal diameter were 54 vessels (left anterior descending 30, right
coronary artery 17, circumflex 7).
We performed 53 grafts in 32 patients, average was 1.7 grafts per patient, 16 patients were single bypass, 11 patients were double bypass and 5 patients were triple bypass.
The overall postoperative mortality was 3%.(Korean J Thoracic Cardiovas Surg 1994; 27:452-456)
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