What is the prognostic value of angiographic indices of coronary artery disease from the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS)?
Ringqvist I, Fisher LD, Mock M, et al. studied the prognostic value of angiographic indices of coronary artery disease from the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS). They found that angiographic indices of coronary artery disease from the CASS are useful predictors of long-term survival. Furthermore, they showed that the presence of left main coronary artery disease, three- or four-vessel disease, and significant stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending artery are useful predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality