La supervivencia a largo plazo de los pacientes tratados con medicamentos en el Estudio de Cirugía de la Arteria

M Emond1, M B Mock, K B Davis

  • 1Coordinating Center for Collaborative Studies in Coronary Artery Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98105.

Circulation
|December 1, 1994
PubMed
Resumen

Los factores clínicos como la edad y la enfermedad de los vasos sanguíneos tienen un impacto significativo en la supervivencia a largo plazo en los pacientes del Estudio de Cirugía de la Arteria Coronaria (CASS). La escasa supervivencia de las personas con enfermedad de tres vasos sanguíneos y baja fracción de eyección destaca la importancia de la revascularización.

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