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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 42, 152-157, Copyright © 1986 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Cardiac surgery in patients with chronic renal disease

KH Laws, WH Merrill, JW Hammon Jr, RL Prager and HW Bender Jr

The combination of chronic renal failure and cardiovascular disease is identified frequently and results in high morbidity and mortality without appropriate medical and surgical therapy. Experience during the last eighteen years has shown that cardiac operations can be undertaken in this high-risk group with acceptable morbidity and mortality and with reasonable expectation of symptomatic improvement. In a six-year period, 17 patients with chronic renal disease underwent cardiac procedures at the Vanderbilt University Affiliated Hospitals. Ten patients were on long-term hemodialysis, and 7 had a functioning renal transplant. Thirteen patients had a coronary artery bypass procedure alone, 1 had a bypass procedure plus aortic valve replacement, 1 had a bypass procedure plus repair of the mitral valve, 1 had a bypass procedure and resection of a left ventricular aneurysm, and 1 had aortic valve and mitral valve replacement for endocarditis. Sixteen patients survived and were discharged. The hospital stay was shorter for patients with a renal transplant than for those on hemodialysis (mean, 11 days versus 22 days, respectively), and perioperative complications were less frequent in the transplant group. There has been 1 late death unrelated to the operative procedure. Fifteen long- term survivors have been followed a mean of 26 months (range 7 to 108 months). All have achieved symptomatic improvement and are in New York Heart Association Functional Class I or II. These results in this high- risk patient group provide a basis for cautious optimism and for a continued aggressive approach in patients with chronic renal disease who require cardiac operation.

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