RT Book, Section
A1 Greason, Kevin L.
A1 Sundt III, Thoralf M.
A2 Cohn, Lawrence H.
SR Print(0)
ID 55917023
T1 Chapter 21. Myocardial Revascularization with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
T2 Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 4e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163310-9
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55917023
RD 2024/04/18
AB Coronary  artery  disease  (CAD)  remains  the  single  largest  killer  of  Americans,  accounting  for  almost  half  a  million  deaths  per  year.  It  imposes  a  particular  burden  on  the  elderly,  with  more  than  80%  of  all  CAD  deaths  occurring  in  those  over  age  65.1  The  magnitude  of  this  impact  takes  on  great  significance  because  it  is  expected  that  the  number  of  Americans  older  than  65  years  of  age  will  double  over  the  next  two  decades.2  If  you  add  to  this  aging  population  the  anticipated  increase  in  the  prevalence  of  important  risk  factors  for  CAD  such  as  diabetes  mellitus  and  obesity,  the  population  at  risk  for  CAD  can  only  be  expected  to  increase.