Coronary stenting before coronary artery bypass graft surgery in diabetic patients does not increase the perioperative risk of surgery.

Objective: A negative relationship between coronary stenting before coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and the perioperative mortality and morbidity has been shown in diabetic patients. We tried to assess this relationship in a 2-institution database.

Methods: In the years 2005 and 2006, 1125 of 3311 patients undergoing CABG surgery had diabetes mellitus (33.