RESUMEN

We performed 1, 739 cardiac surgery procedures between August 1988 and jully 1991 at the San Pablo Heart Institute. The statistics for mortality and morbidity are among the best in the nation and they showed an overall mortality for the entire period of 1.8%, a mortality for coronary artery bypass graft of 1.5% no patient has died as a results of mitral valve replacement, and a mortality of 1.1% for aortic valve replacement. We have demostrated that our cardiac surgery team is capable of performing a high volume of these procedures with good results

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Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Prótesis Valvulares Cardíacas/estadística & datos numéricos , Cirugía Torácica/estadística & datos numéricos , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Puente de Arteria Coronaria/efectos adversos , Puente de Arteria Coronaria/mortalidad , Puente de Arteria Coronaria/estadística & datos numéricos , Cardiopatías Congénitas/cirugía , Prótesis Valvulares Cardíacas/efectos adversos , Prótesis Valvulares Cardíacas/mortalidad , Incidencia , Puerto Rico/epidemiología , Cirugía Torácica/efectos adversos , Cirugía Torácica/mortalidad

RESUMEN

A series of 341 patients undergoing cardiac surgery, of which 276 underwent coronary artery bypass grafiting (CABG) and 37 underwent valve replacement, is presented herein. Results of mortality and morbidity are shown, discussed and compa res to that other institutions; and found favorable, these patients represented our first year of experience at the San Pablo Hearth Institute

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Adulto , Persona de Mediana Edad , Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Cirugía Torácica , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Puente de Arteria Coronaria , Enfermedades de las Válvulas Cardíacas/cirugía , Puerto Rico