“…264 These individuals had a mortality rate of 4% when CABG was performed on the third hospital day, which was lower than the mortality rates reported when CABG was performed earlier or later during the hospitalization. 264 In studies in which the data from STEMI patients were analyzed separately with regard to the optimal timing of CABG, however, the results appear to be different. In 1 analysis of 44 365 patients who underwent CABG after MI (22 984 with STEMI; 21 381 with NSTEMI), the inhospital mortality rate was similar in the 2 groups undergoing CABG Ͻ6 hours after diagnosis (12.5% and 11.5%, respectively), but it was higher in STEMI patients than in NSTEMI patients when CABG was performed 6 to 23 hours after diagnosis (13.6% versus 6.2%; Pϭ0.006).…”