3.2 | Cross-section comparisons
No follow-up data could be collected from one patient. Fourteen (13.9
%) patients experienced a cardiovascular event within the one-year
follow-up after CAGB surgery (Fig. 1). Eleven patients suffered from
angina pectoris, two patients from cardiac decompensation, and one
patient died due to a cardiac cause. Regarding dental conditions
patients with new cardiovascular event reported significantly more often
about early tooth loss caused by tooth loosening among first-degree
relatives. No other dental parameter was significantly associated with
the cardiovascular outcome. Instead patients with event suffered
significantly more frequently from peripheral arterial disease and
reported more often a previous myocardial infarction. Moreover, they
took significantly more frequently anticoagulants and antiarrhythmics.
In addition, there was a trend for an eleveated number of CHD patients
with artrial fibrillation among the event group. (Table 2).