Palliative coronary artery surgery in patients with severe noncardiac diseases.
Academic Article
Overview
abstract
Eight patients with severe systemic pathologies and refractory angina unsuitable for angioplasty were submitted to palliative surgical revascularization without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass and limited to the culprit vessels. Complete relief from angina was achieved in all patients without postoperative mortality and morbidity.
