Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 41 No. (1-2), 2009.
Professional paper
Beginnings of the coronary artery srugery at University hospital Osijek
Ranko Ugljen
Krunoslav Šego
Grgur Dulić
Robert Blažeković
Igor Lekšan
Abstract
Heart diseases are one of the most frequent causes of death and sickness with ischemic disease as the leading cause. There are successful treatments of the ischemic heart disease, primarily percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary surgery. Coronary surgery has a better long term outcome in the percentage of survival and need for reinterventions. Patients who had been treated at the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Surgery Clinic of the University Hospital Osijek have been presented. Death rate has been similar to the world standards and to the predictive death rate calculated with Euroscore. According to the first results, Department of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Osijek has confirmed its purpose
Keywords
Myocardial ischemia - surgery; Coronary artery disease - surgery; Cardiac surgical procedures; Myocardial revascularization; Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary - methods; Coronary artery bypass - methods; Risk assessment
Hrčak ID:
191639
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2009.
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