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SUBMITTER: Velazquez EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3415273 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Velazquez Eric J EJ Lee Kerry L KL Deja Marek A MA Jain Anil A Sopko George G Marchenko Andrey A Ali Imtiaz S IS Pohost Gerald G Gradinac Sinisa S Abraham William T WT Yii Michael M Prabhakaran Dorairaj D Szwed Hanna H Ferrazzi Paolo P Petrie Mark C MC O'Connor Christopher M CM Panchavinnin Pradit P She Lilin L Bonow Robert O RO Rankin Gena Roush GR Jones Robert H RH Rouleau Jean-Lucien JL
The New England journal of medicine 20110404 17
<h4>Background</h4>The role of coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) in the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure has not been clearly established.<h4>Methods</h4>Between July 2002 and May 2007, a total of 1212 patients with an ejection fraction of 35% or less and coronary artery disease amenable to CABG were randomly assigned to medical therapy alone (602 patients) or medical therapy plus CABG (610 patients). The primary outcome was the rate of death from any cau ...[more]