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)
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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 |