Association of postoperative complications and outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The long-term effects of postoperative complications following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are unknown.

Methods

Medicare-linked records from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database were queried for isolated CABG records from 2007 through 2012. Unadjusted and adjusted associations between individual postoperative complications and both mortality and all-cause rehospitalization were evaluated to 7 years using Cox proportional-hazards models and cumulative incidence functions. Because of nonproportional hazards, associations are presented as early (0 to 90 days) and late (90 days to 7 years).

Results

Of the 294,533 isolated CABG patients who had records linked to Medicare for long-term follow-up (median age, 73 years; 30% fem

SUBMITTER: Jawitz OK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7085463 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature