Transmyocardial revascularization: 5-year follow-up of a prospective, randomized multicenter trial Keith B Allen, MD, Robert D Dowling, MD, William W Angell, MD, Deepak M Gangahar, MD, Tommy L Fudge, MD, Wayne Richenbacher, MD, Samuel L Selinger, MD, Michael R Petracek, MD, Douglas Murphy, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 77, Issue 4, Pages 1228-1234 (April 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.01.008
Fig 1 Mean Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina class in surviving patients after transmyocardial revascularization. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1228-1234DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.01.008)
Fig 2 Improvement in Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina class at 3 months, 1 year, and a mean of 5 years. *Comparison between transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) and medical therapy. (Crossover = patients randomized to medical therapy who met the criteria for treatment failure and underwent transmyocardial revascularization while unstable; Medical Therapy = patients randomized to medical therapy excluding crossovers; TMR = patients randomized to transmyocardial revascularization.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1228-1234DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.01.008)
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier intention-to-treat survival estimates. (MMM = continued maximal medical management; TMR = transmyocardial revascularization.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1228-1234DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.01.008)
Fig 4 Cumulative hazard (CH) intention-to-treat analysis. (MMM = continued maximal medical management; TMR = transmyocardial revascularization.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1228-1234DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.01.008)
Fig 5 Kaplan-Meier 5-year survival estimates. (Crossover = patients randomized to medical therapy who met the criteria for treatment failure and underwent transmyocardial revascularization while unstable; Medical Therapy = patients randomized to medical therapy excluding crossovers; TMR = patients randomized to transmyocardial revascularization.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1228-1234DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.01.008)