[The risk of neurological complications following aortocoronary bypass in patients with multifocal atherosclerosis].

Since January 1988 till June 1990 145 patients with combined coronary and vascular pathology have been operated on. Concomitant damage of aortic arch branches was observed in 54 patients (37.2%), and aortocoronary bypass surgery was performed in 40 patients without correction of the carotid vascular bed pathology.