Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2006 Oct;39(10):754-758.

Surgical Experiences for Non-ST-segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

• Yu SH
• Lim SH
• Chang BC
• Yoo KJ
• Hong YS

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Surgical role for acute coronary syndrome has been reduced in recent years due to development of drug eluting stent. We evaluated the surgical results of acute coronary syndrome in our hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Between January 2001 and August 2005, 416 patients underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) under diagnosis of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE ACS). Mean age was 61.8+/-9.0 years and 276 (66.3%) patients were male. 324 (77.9%) patients had triple vessel disease and 92 (22.1%) had left main disease at angiographic study. 236 (56.7%) patients had hypertension and 174 (41.8%) had diabetes mellitus. Conventional on-pump CABG was performed in 194 patients (46.6%) and off-pump CABG in 222 (53.4%). Total arterial revascularization with no touch technique was done in 97 patients (23.3%). The number of total distal anastomosis was 1,306 and the number per patient was 3.21+/-1.71. RESULT: Surgical mortality rate was 1.0% (4 patients) and postoperative complication rate was 15.6% (65 patients). Graft patency was checked at mean 3.7+/-7.6 months (from 1 to 37 months) postoperatively with multi-directional computed tomography in 152 patients. Left internal mammary artery was patent in 95.3%, right internal mammary artery in 98.1%, radial artery in 92.2% and saphenous vein in 89.0%.
CONCLUSION
The surgical treatment of NSTE ACS showed relatively low mortality rate and good graft patency rate. Further study is needed to compare the long term results with drug eluting stent.

Keyword

Coronary artery bypass; Coronary artery diseas

MeSH Terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome*
Coronary Artery Bypass
Diabetes Mellitus
Diagnosis
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Mammary Arteries
Mortality
Postoperative Complications
Radial Artery
Saphenous Vein
Stents
Transplants