Table 1.
Patient/Age, yr | Date of Operation | Preshunt, mg/100 ml | Serum Cholesterol | Clinical Result | Comments | |
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Postshunt, mg/100 ml | Final Reduction, % | |||||
1/12 | 3/1/73 | 769 | 290 | 62 | Died 18½ mo postoperatively of cardiac arrest | Old myocardial infarct with ventricular aneurysm; residual stenoses of coronary arteries; xanthomas had disappeared. |
2/7 | 10/4/74 | 997 | 450 | 55 | Good | Underwent aortic & mitral valve replacement plus double coronary artery bypass 25 months after shunt; xanthomas nearly completely disappeared. |
3/8 | 8/5/75 | 1000 | 620 | 38 | Good | Xanthomas slowly disappearing |