title: Prolonging life with coronary bypass surgery in patients with three-vessel disease.
abstract: In this study we examined survival after coronary bypass surgery in patients with three-vessel disease. First, survival data were analyzed from selected of patients who had a poor prognosis without surgery; second, data were analyzed in subsets classified by severity of disease. The data strongly suggest that patients with three-vessel disease, especially patient with a poor medical prognosis, benefit from coronary bypass surgery.
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000401:mortality; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis