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What is the death rate of coronary artery bypass surgery?

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Less than 1%: It should be less than (typically, much less than, these days) 1% overall for any institution. If it is more, perhaps they should not be performing the procedure.

Answered 7/20/2012

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Depends: Go to sts.Org and do the risk calculator analysis according to comorbidities and demographics, obviously patients with renal failure, left main, 80's , diabetes, salvage operation for acute coronary syndrome with cardiogenic shock, morbid obesity, pre operative cardiogenic shock, redo operations, concomitant valve or aortic surgery, severe pulmonary hypertension, COPD will have high mortality/morbidity.

Answered 6/10/2014

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About 1%.: For a straight forward CABG operation, the mortality rate is less than 1% but as dr. Matos-cruz pointed out, there are many other risk factors that can impact the outcome and raise the mortality rate.

Answered 9/5/2019

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