What is the effect of coronary artery bypass graft surgery on survival?
The Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Trialists Collaboration conducted a study on the effect of coronary artery bypass graft surgery on survival. The study found that CABG was associated with improved survival compared to medical therapy alone over a 10-year period in patients with stable ischemic heart disease. The results of this study were published in the Lancet in 1994 (Yusuf et al., 1994). 