Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
The E-CABG registry is a multicenter, European registry collecting data on the preoperative
 characteristics, treatment strategies and outcome of patients undergoing isolated coronary
 artery bypass grafting (CABG).
Improvements in the surgical treatment of coronary artery disease are possible only when
 implementation of current methods and development of new methods are based on the solid
 ground of large and reliable clinical data. Furthermore, clinical findings assume even more
 significance when detected in study populations from different institutions with
 heterogeneous referral pathways, baseline clinical characteristics and perioperative
 treatment strategies. The rationale of this European multicenter study is therefore to
 prospectively collect data on baseline characteristics, operative and anesthesiological
 methods and postoperative outcome of patients undergoing CABG in eleven cardiac surgery
 centers from five European countries. This multicenter prospective registrywill provide data
 to evaluate the prognostic impact of a number of patients' risk factors as well as the
 efficacy and safety of operative methods and drugs used during the pre-, peri- and
 postoperative period.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients of aged > 18 years undergoing isolated CABG for stable coronary artery
 disease or acute coronary syndrome. Patients undergoing Maze procedure will be
 included in this registry.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients undergoing any other major cardiac surgery procedure will be excluded from
 this registry.