title: Ten-year survival of patients with mild angina or myocardial infarction without angina: a comparison of medical and surgical treatment.
abstract: Ten-year survival percentages were calculated for groups of 407 initially medically treated patients and for 390 patients who had early coronary bypass surgery; all had either mild angina pectoris or myocardial infarction without subsequent angina pectoris. Uncensored actuarial survival was 77% for medical patients and 83% for the surgical group. For 179 patients who had internal thoracic (mammary) artery grafting as part of their procedures, survival was 91% in contrast to 76% for those who had vein grafts only. A sharp drop of the survival curve for the vein graft group after the seventh year was not shown for those who had internal thoracic artery grafts. Survival was 71% for 280 patients treated medically only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Proudfit
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goormastic
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Loop
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000401:mortality; D015993:Life Tables; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors