Outcome of isolated coronary artery bypass surgery in octogenarians.

Background: Between 1989 and 1992 100 consecutive patients aged 80 or older underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in our institution. Eighty-six percent had angina grade III or IV symptoms.

Methods: Emergency surgery was required in 31, urgent surgery in 30, and elective surgery in 39 patients.

Pulmonary sequestration causing congestive heart failure in infancy: a report of two cases and review of the literature.

Congestive heart failure as a presenting symptom in infants with pulmonary sequestration is rare, and the cases of only 3 such patients have been reported. The clinical features, hemodynamics, and management of two additional patients are described. Both were seen in severe congestive heart failure in the absence of any associated cardiac anomalies.

Combined valve and coronary artery surgery.

From 1970 to 1978, 79 patients (Group 1) underwent combined valve replacement and coronary bypass operation. They were compared with 79 consecutive subsequent patients (Group 2) undergoing similar valve replacement. In Group 1, 73% were men compared with 48% in Group 2.