A survey of hospital morbidity, mortality and quality of life following coronary artery bypass surgery in a UK Indo-Asian population

To survey the in-hospital morbidity, mortality, length of stay in the inten sive therapy unit (ITU) and hospital and quality of life in patients of Ind o-Asian origin following coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery, 345 consecu tive patients (mean age 58 years; SD 8.9; range 32-88 years) undergoing pri mary, isolated CABG were studied. Non-elective CABG was undertaken in 41 % of patients. The left anterior descending artery (LAD) was grafted in 89 %, although in 30 % of these the internal mammary artery (IMA) was not used. Following CABG, the hospital morbidity and mortality was within the expecte d range, although there was a trend towards higher in-hospital mortality in the Parsonnet low risk group of patients, The length of ITU and hospital s tay was not prolonged. Using the SF-36 questionnaire in postoperative patie nts, low quality of life scores were obtained for six of the eight modaliti es tested including physical functioning, bodily pain and general health pe rception, The low quality of life scores and IMA usage in Indo-Asians needs to be addressed.