Multidisciplinary intervention for control of diabetes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).

In Israel, as elsewhere, diabetes mellitus is highly prevalent among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The bulk of evidence, derived retrospectively, suggests that poor control of diabetes predisposes to complications of CABG and increases mortality; but the findings in a number of studies fail to support that impression. Anticipating a prospective investigation designed to resolve this issue, we have carried out a preliminary study of 147 consecutive patients with diabetes who were hospitalized for elective CABG during 1998.