The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 76, 111-114, Copyright © 1978 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Risk factors in patients undergoing a second aorta-coronary bypass procedure
JJ Barboriak, DP Barboriak, AJ Anderson, AA Rimm, FE Tristani and RJ Flemma
A group of 38 patients with a second revascularization procedure was
studied for factors which may have contributed to the reappearance of
angina after the first operation. Our data indicate that these patients
usually have the first operation at an earlier age and had fewer bypasses
at that time. In addition, they had inadequate control of the plasma
triglyceride and cholesterol levels.