Management of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a guide for primary care practitioners

2021/05/09 by Dominique de Waard, Andrew Fagan, Christo Minnaar +2
Medicine · #Acute Myocardial Infarction Research #Cardiac Health and Mental Health #Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

paper · doi:10.1503/cmaj.191108

openalex publication_date 2021/05/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

KEY POINTS About 15 000 people in Canada undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery each year.[1][1] According to the 2019 Canadian Institute for Health Information Cardiac Care Quality Indicators Report, 9.4% of these patients are urgently readmitted to hospital within 30 days of CABG

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