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8627977

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
The long-term results of medical therapy and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were compared in patients with multivessel disease. All patients were confirmed to have > or = 75% luminal narrowing of major coronary arteries by coronary arteriogram. When multivessel disease was stratified into double- and triple- vessel disease, the outcomes varied. In triple-vessel disease, the outcome with CABG was good, but the outcome was unfavorable in those employing medical therapy, particularly in patients with decreased left ventricular (LV) function. In patients with double-vessel disease with good LV function, the long-term results with medical therapy were just as favorable as those with CABG. However, double-vessel disease complicated by reduced LV function (ejection faction < or = 40%) had a clearly less favorable outcome when treated with medical therapy than with CABG. Thus, it is important for patients with multivessel disease to undergo revascularization if indicated, to improve their prognosis. On the other hand, the incidence of cardiac events arising from vein graft occlusions tended to increase in CABG patients after 5 years or more following surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-4868
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
709-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of long-term efficacy of medical treatment versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in multivessel coronary artery disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiovascular Center, Division of Cardiology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study