scholarly journals Timing of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Author(s):  
Ahmed Fakhry ◽  
Yahia Balbaa ◽  
Waleed G Abo Senna ◽  
Hesham Z Saleh

Background: Optimal timing for CABG surgery after myocardial infarction remains a matter of debate. The aim of our study was to analyze the effect of timing of CABG after acute myocardial infarction on operative mortality and morbidity. Methods: This prospective study included 60 patients who underwent isolated CABG within 30 days of acute myocardial infarction over 20 months (from the first of November 2014 till the end of June 2016) in Kasr Al-Ainy University Hospitals. Patients were divided into two groups; the early group (0 – 3 days) included 14 patients (23.3%) and the late group (4 – 30 days) included 46 patients (76.7%). The primary outcome was all-cause hospital mortality. Results: Our study included 43 males (71.7%) and 17 females (28.3%). The mean age was 58.4 ± 7.3 years. The total mortality rate was 8.3%. Patients undergoing early CABG experienced a higher mortality rate than those undergoing late CABG (21.4% vs 4.3%, P = 0.043). Also, early CABG was associated with more postoperative complications. Cardiogenic shock and early CABG were independent risk factors of mortality. Conclusion: CABG in the first 3 days after acute myocardial infarction was associated with high mortality and morbidity in comparison with late CABG. This suggests that CABG may best be deferred for more than 3 days after acute MI in non-urgent cases.

2008 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-511.e3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric S. Weiss ◽  
David D. Chang ◽  
David L. Joyce ◽  
Lois U. Nwakanma ◽  
David D. Yuh

Author(s):  
Paul L Hess ◽  
Elise C Gunzburger ◽  
Chuan-Fen Liu ◽  
Jacqueline Jones ◽  
Daniel D Matlock ◽  
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Background: Little contemporary data about the performance of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals related to mortality and readmission rates after an acute myocardial infarction (MI) are available. Accordingly, we sought to characterize the rates of in-hospital and 30-day mortality and 30-day unplanned readmission after an acute MI as well as associated site-level variation. Methods: Using data from the External Peer Review Program, which abstracts data from the records of all patients admitted with an acute MI, linked with administrative data from the Corporate Data Warehouse, we performed an observational analysis of patients admitted with an acute MI from January 1, 2011, to February 28, 2014. Results: A total of 16,024 patients were admitted with an acute MI; 806 (5.0%) patients died during hospitalization, 1299 (8.1%) died within 30 days of admission, and 2529 (16.9%) had an unplanned hospital readmission. The annual risk-standardized in-hospital mortality rate (Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.90, 95% Credible Interval (CI) 0.83-0.98) and the 30-day mortality rate (HR 0.94, 95% CI 0.88-1.00) but not the unplanned readmission rate (HR 1.00, 95% CI 0.96-1.04) decreased over time ( Figure ). Individual hospital rates for in-hospital mortality, 30-day mortality, and 30-day unplanned readmission were comparable to the system-wide rates, with little variation between hospitals. Conclusions: In Veterans Affairs hospitals from 2011 to 2014, in-hospital and 30-day mortality but not 30-day unplanned readmissions rates declined over time. Little site-level variation in mortality or readmission rates was observed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Rosato ◽  
P D'Errigo ◽  
V Manno ◽  
A Maraschini ◽  
F Cerza ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Uncertainties on long-term outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) still exist, despite the ongoing progresses in the management of patients with AMI. This study aims to appraise early and 1-year outcome of patients hospitalized due to AMI and to describe the role of heart failure (HF) as complication affecting prognoses. Methods Retrospective nationwide cohort study based on administrative data on patients with AMI admitted in all Italian hospitals from 2007 to 2017. Index admission mortality rate (I-MR), 30-day and 1-year post-discharge mortality rate (PD-MR), and 30-day and 1-year total mortality rate (T-MR) were analysed; mortality average annual changes (AC) and their 95% CI were calculated; the Cox model, adjusting for age, sex, comorbidities and length of stay, was used to analyse 1-year PD-MR Results 1,148,820 patients were considered. From 2007 to 2017, both I-MR and T-MR up to 1 year decreased significantly (from 10.9 to 8.4%; AC: -0.28%; CI: -0.31 to -0.25 and from 20.2% to 17.1%: AC: -0.33%; CI: -0.39 to -0.28, respectively). From 2010, also the rate of PD-MR decreased significantly from 11.7% to 10.4%, with such favourable trend confirmed at multivariable analyses. The HF diagnosis at the index admission is always associated with a significant increase in the risk of death (1-year T-MR average: 43% and 12% in patients with or without HF, respectively; both patients with and without HF show a constant improvement in I-MR, T-MR and PD-MR over time. Conclusions In the last decade, the remarkable improvements in the in-hospital treatment of patients with AMI and in the overall prognosis up to 1 year are confirmed by a constant decrease in both early and long-term mortality. Since complication from HF remains a dangerous condition that significantly worsens the prognosis of the AMI patient, appropriate management strategies must be identified and implemented to guarantee best results from both clinic and public health perspective. Key messages Remarkable improvements achieved in overall prognosis after AMI over the past 10 years. HF confirms to be a condition able to worsen AMI patients’ prognosis.


Circulation ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. 66-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Braxton ◽  
Graeme L. Hammond ◽  
George V. Letsou ◽  
Kenneth L. Franco ◽  
Gary S. Kopf ◽  
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