ORIGINAL ARTICLE
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 42 (2012) 101–107 doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezr253 Advance Access publication 4 January 2012
Long-term survival after coronary artery bypass surgery stratified by EuroSCORE† Francesca O’Boyle, Neeraj Mediratta, Brian Fabri, Mark Pullan, John Chalmers, James McShane, Mathew Shaw and Michael Poullis* Department of Cardiac Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK * Corresponding author. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK. Tel: +44-151-2281616; fax: +44-151-2932254; e-mail:
[email protected] (M. Poullis). Received 19 September 2011; received in revised form 9 November 2011; accepted 21 November 2011
Abstract
METHODS: A prospective database was retrospectively analysed and cross correlated with the UK strategic tracking service to evaluate survival after primary CABG. Patients were grouped based on their logistic EuroSCORE 0 to
