Coronary angioplasty compared with bypass grafting

Arthur J. Hartz; Evelyn M. Kuhn; Andrew J. Doorey; Josef E. Fischer; Massoud A. Leesar; S. Abraham Joseph; Charles R. Prince; Christian W. Hamm; Jürgen Berger; Peter Kalmar; Spencer B. King; L. David Hillis; John D. Rutherford

doi:10.1056/NEJM199503303321312

Coronary angioplasty compared with bypass grafting

Arthur J. Hartz, Evelyn M. Kuhn, Andrew J. Doorey, Josef E. Fischer, Massoud A. Leesar, S. Abraham Joseph, Charles R. Prince, Christian W. Hamm, Jürgen Berger, Peter Kalmar, Spencer B. King, L. David Hillis, John D. Rutherford

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To the Editor: It is informative to contrast the results of the two clinical trials comparing bypass surgery and angioplasty (Oct. 20 issue)¹,² with the results of a previous observational study.³ Neither clinical trial found any difference in mortality rates at one year between coronary bypass surgery and angioplasty. However, the observational study found that the patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery had a higher mortality rate, even after adjustment for risk factors. The difference was greatest for low-risk patients. Differences between the studies may have been due to chance, but there are also potential structural reasons for the.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	888-890
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	332
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199503303321312
State	Published - Mar 30 1995
Externally published	Yes

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Coronary angioplasty compared with bypass grafting

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