title: Two-year follow-up of angina pectoris: medical or surgical therapy.
abstract: The effects of bypass graft surgery versus continued medical management in 40 patients with stable angina were evaluated at 2 years: 17 of 20 surgical patients (85%) and 18 of 20 medical patients (90%) were alive, and 5 of 20 surgical patients (25%) and 2 of 20 medical patients (10%) had developed myocardial infarction; 8 of 17 surgical patients (47%) and 4 of 18 medical patients (22%) had no angina, and 13 of 17 surgical patients (76%) and 9 of 18 medical patients (50%) had no angina or greater than 25% increase in exercise time until angina. No statistically significant differences were demonstrated between the medical and surgical groups for all variables submitted to statistical analysis.
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002140:California; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004077:Digoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D004077:Digoxin