TY - JOUR
T1 - Medically Treated Coronary-Artery Disease
AU - Bonchek, Lawrence I.
AU - Hopkins, D. Gregg
AU - Nunley, David
AU - Grunkemeier, Gary L.
AU - Starr, Albert
AU - Grover, John
AU - Zeller, Trudy
AU - Lown, Bernard
AU - Podrid, Philip J.
AU - Graboys, Thomas B.
PY - 1982/3/18
Y1 - 1982/3/18
N2 - To the Editor: Since medical journals repeatedly reject uncontrolled studies that describe excellent results after coronary bypass, because the patients are presumed to be selected, it is disappointing that the Journal published the uncontrolled study by Podrid, Graboys, and Lown (November 5 issue), which describes the excellent prognosis of selected patients with positive stress tests, even without coronary bypass.1 This was a highly selected group of patients, of whom 42 had no angina and 100 had angina for an average of almost two years before entering the study, thus demonstrating in advance the chronicity and benign nature of their coronary. . .
AB - To the Editor: Since medical journals repeatedly reject uncontrolled studies that describe excellent results after coronary bypass, because the patients are presumed to be selected, it is disappointing that the Journal published the uncontrolled study by Podrid, Graboys, and Lown (November 5 issue), which describes the excellent prognosis of selected patients with positive stress tests, even without coronary bypass.1 This was a highly selected group of patients, of whom 42 had no angina and 100 had angina for an average of almost two years before entering the study, thus demonstrating in advance the chronicity and benign nature of their coronary. . .
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198203183061113
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198203183061113
M3 - Letter
C2 - 6977090
AN - SCOPUS:0020486174
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 306
SP - 677
EP - 679
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 11
ER -