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Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Changes in the Incidence, Clinical Characteristics, and Indications From 1979 to 2003

Eric H. Yang, MD^_*, Richard J. Gumina, MD, PhD^_*, Ryan J. Lennon, MS, David R. Holmes, Jr, MD^_*, Charanjit S. Rihal, MD^_* and Mandeep Singh, MD^_*,_*

^_* Division of Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine, Mayo College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
Division of Biostatistics, Mayo College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

View larger version (10K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Percentage of patients requiring emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) after percutaneous coronary intervention from 1979 to 2003 (n = 23,087). *Armitage test for trend.

View larger version (9K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 In-hospital mortality rates of patients requiring emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after percutaneous coronary intervention from 1979 to 2003 (n = 335).