Coronary Artery Bypass

Bypass surgery more dangerous for diabetic patients

Published in Diabetes Week, January 13th, 2003

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Diabetic patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) had a 30-day mortality rate similar to that of nondiabetic patients, but midterm mortality and morbidity were significantly greater, according to researchers in Sweden.

"An increasing proportion of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting are diabetics," commented Zoltan Szabo and colleagues at Linkoping Heart Center.

Szabo and associates determined patient characteristics and early and midterm mortality and morbidity in 2779 subjects (539 diabetic, 2240 nondiabetic) who underwent CABG in 1995 to 1999.

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Source: Diabetes Week (2003-01-13)

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