Secondary prevention after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Findings of a national randomized controlled trial and sustained society-led incorporation into practice

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-45

  Williams, Judson B ^a   Delong, Elizabeth R ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Dokholyan, Rachel S ^a   Ou, Fang Shu ^a   Ferguson Jr , T Bruce ^b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery bypass grafting; coronary disease; prevention; revascularization; surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751632279     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.981068     Document Type: Article

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