Impact of number of vessels disease on outcome of patients with stable coronary artery disease: 5-year follow-up of the Medical, Angioplasty, and bypass Surgery Study (MASS)

Objective: To evaluate whether the number of vessels disease has an impact on clinical outcomes as well as on therapeutic results accordingly to medical, percutaneous, or surgery treatment in chronic coronary artery disease. Methods: We evaluated 825 individuals enrolled in MASS study, a randomized...

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Hauptverfasser: Lopes, Neuza Helena, Paulitsch, Felipe da Silva, Gois, Aécio F., Pereira, Alexandre C., Stolf, Noedir A., Dallan, Luis Oliveira, Ramires, José A.F., Hueb, Whady A.
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Angina Pectoris - epidemiology
Angioplasty
Angioplasty - mortality
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Coronary Artery Bypass - mortality
Coronary disease
Coronary Disease - mortality
Coronary Disease - pathology
Coronary Disease - surgery
Coronary heart disease
Diseases of the cardiovascular system
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology
Number of vessels disease
Pneumology
Postoperative Complications
Prognosis
Proportional Hazards Models
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
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