Comparison of coronary artery bypass surgery and medical therapy in patients with exercised-induced silent myocardial ischemia: a report from the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) registry
DA Weiner,
TJ Ryan,
CH McCabe,
BR Chaitman,
LT Sheffield,
G Ng,
LD Fisher,
and
FE Tristini
Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Boston, Massachusetts.
To determine whether coronary artery bypass surgery would prolong survival in patients with silent myocardial ischemia during exercise testing, the data on 692 such patients from the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) registry were analyzed. The patients were followed up for up to 7 years after medical (n = 424) or surgical (n = 268) therapy. Stratification of patients into subsets was based on the results of cardiac catheterization. Surgical benefit was greatest in the patients with three vessel coronary artery disease or abnormal left ventricular function. Among the 75 patients with three vessel coronary disease and left ventricular dysfunction, the 7 year survival rate was 37% for the medical group and 90% for the surgical group (p less than 0.0001). Thus, among patients with silent myocardial ischemia during exercise testing in this nonrandomized study, survival appeared to be enhanced by coronary artery bypass surgery in subsets of patients with severe coronary artery disease and abnormal left ventricular function.
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