Documented coronary atherothrombosis as the cause of death in post-discharge patients after coronary revascularization.

•This study demonstrated the causes of death after first coronary revascularization in Japanese cohort data.•Cardiac death inpost-discharge patients was only 37.5% in all-cause death, while non-cardiovascular cause was dominant.•Documented progressive coronary atherothrombosis as coronary revascularization within 30-day before death was only 2.1%.•Frequent causes of cardiac death were heart failure or sudden cardiac arrest without progressive coronary atherothrombosis.