RESULTS Percentage of Early Mortality by Year-It is interesting to note that the early
mortality has declined during each year of the study from 9.7 percent to 3.3 percent during …

To elucidate the factors associated with improved survival following coronary artery bypass
surgery, we studied 5809 patients receiving medical or surgical therapy for coronary artery …

To evaluate the potential impact of patient selection for coronary artery bypass graft surgery
on long-term survival, the outcomes of 5,809 consecutive patients with symptomatic …

Previous comparisons of medical and surgical therapy for coronary artery disease were
performed in the 1970s and may need to be updated to reflect current treatment efficacy. The …

The Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) randomized 780 patients to an initial strategy of
coronary surgery or medical therapy. Of medically randomized patients, 6% had surgery …

BACKGROUND This study describes the impact of clinical, angiographic, and demographic
characteristics on the long-term survival of Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) patients …

Reviews of the literature and controlled studies of medical versus surgical treatment of
coronary artery disease that include surgical results from 3 or 4 years ago may not be …

The question posed by the title implies comparison of coronary bypass surgery with some
alternative therapeutic approach. At present, there are three principal alternatives: no …

In the past 20 years, basic and clinical research have provided new information on coronary
artery surgery. For example, several studies have shown that coronary artery bypass grafting …

Coronary artery bypass surgery has been recommended for patients with a wide variety of
signs, symptoms, and medical histories. Investigators have used historically controlled …