This is a retrospective study where 47 patients submitted to the conventional revascularization of the myocardium were analysed at InCór in a period covering January/78 to January/93; 47 patients were analysed. Thirty-tive (74.46%) were male and 12 (25.33%) female. The mean age was 81.85 (80-80) years. The operatory indication was due to unstable angina in 29 (61.70%), stable angina in 17 (36.17%) and dissection of the atheromatous plaque during angioplasty in 1 (2.12%). The operation was carried out eletively in 33 (70.21 %), in caracter of urgency in 10 (21.27%) and in emergency in 4 (8.51 %). All of them were operated on through median thoracotomy with extracorporeal circulation and moderate hypotermia. The saphenous vein was used as a graft in 41 (87.23%) patients and the internal thoracic artery in 6 (12.76%). Hospital mortality was 8.5% and the mean follow-up time was 17,6 months. From among the early and late deaths only one of each group was related to cardiopathy. Analysis of the cases revealed that in the period of 1991, 1992 and January/1993, hospital mortality fell down to zero. Surgical conventional revascularization of the myocardium represents a good alternative for the octogenarian patient, not only due to the present operative low risk, but as well as the reduction or elimination of the symptoms during the late follow-up.
myocardial revascularizations