CASS
Coronary Artery Surgery Study


Purpose
To determine whether coronary bypass surgery reduces the rate of mortality and myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with mild angina and patients who are asymptomatic after infarction, but who have angiographically documented coronary disease

References
The CASS principal investigators: Myocardial infarction and mortality in the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) randomised trial. N Engl J Med 1984, 310:750–758.
Weiner DA, Ryan TJ, Parsons L,
et al: Prevalence and prognostic significance of silent and symptomatic ischemia after coronary bypass surgery: a report from the Coronary Artery Surger

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