AN EVALUATION OF INTERNAL-MAMMARY-ARTERY LIGATION BY A DOUBLE-BLIND TECHNIC
AN EVALUATION OF INTERNAL-MAMMARY-ARTERY LIGATION BY A DOUBLE-BLIND TECHNIC
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm195905282602204
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发表时间:
1959-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
BRUCE, RA
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作者:
COBB, LA;THOMAS, GI;BRUCE, RA
Effects of internal-mammary-artery ligation on 17 patients with angina pectoris were evaluated by a double-blind technic. During the first 6 months, 5 out of 8 of the ligated patients and 5 out of 9 of the nonligated reported "significant" subjective improvement. Striking improvement in exercise tolerance occurred in 2 patients whose internal mammary arteries were not ligated; 1 of these patients failed to demonstrate the abnormal ecg changes that occurred preoperatively with the same exercise test. Internal-mammary-artery ligation probably has no effect on the pathophysiology of coronary-artery disease.