The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 2 , Pages 152-161 , February 2009

The Impact of Revascularization on Mortality in Patients with Nonacute Coronary Artery Disease

  • Allen Jeremias, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
    • ,
  • Sanjay Kaul, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif
    • ,
  • Todd K. Rosengart, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Cardiothoracic Surgery), Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
    • ,
  • Luis Gruberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
    • ,
  • David L. Brown, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to David L. Brown, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, State University of New York-Stony Brook School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center T16-080, Stony Brook, NY 11794

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 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest associated with the work presented in this article.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and were involved as follows: Conception (AJ, TKR, LG, DLB); statistical analysis (AJ, SK, DLB); writing of article (AJ, DLB); critical review (AJ, SK, TKR, LG, DLB).

PII: S0002-9343(08)00955-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.07.027

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 2 , Pages 152-161 , February 2009

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