PMID: 6976504Oct 31, 1981Paper

Coronary artery graft surgery

The Medical Journal of Australia
J G Sloman, L D Sutton

Abstract

The last decade has seen significant technical advances in equipment for the procedure of, and the surgeon's operating skill in coronary artery by pass surgery. Such surgery is indicated when, despite medical treatment, angina is disabling; although evidence is increasing that patients whose pain is controlled should be considered for surgery. Late operations are more complex and expensive, and patients are exposed to a higher risk of sudden death in the intervening period. Delay may also allow the disease to progress to an inoperable state. Patients unlikely to benefit from medical treatment should be offered surgery as soon as their disease is identified by angiography. Intensive medical treatment, with its poorer control of symptoms, leads to an increasing dependence on the State of medicine, hospital facilities and sickness benefits. The reputedly expensive coronary artery bypass operation is cheaper both to the State and to the patient tha unoperated invalidism.

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Jan 1, 1983·International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine·E H BruceF Kusumi
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