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Circulation, Vol 68, 1163-1170, Copyright © 1983 by American Heart Association

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A life table and Cox regression analysis of patients with combined proximal left anterior descending and proximal left circumflex coronary artery disease: non-left main equivalent lesions (CASS)

BR Chaitman, K Davis, LD Fisher, MG Bourassa, MB Mock, J Lesperance, WJ Rogers, D Fray, DH Tyras and MP Judkins

Combined proximal left anterior descending and proximal left circumflex artery stenoses greater than or equal to 70% have been referred to as "left main equivalent" lesions. We compared the survival rates of medically treated patients who have this type of coronary anatomic characteristics with the survival rates of patients who have left main coronary artery stenoses greater than or equal to 70% by use of a stratified life table approach and a Cox regression model. Comparison of the patients with left main coronary artery stenoses with those who have left main equivalent lesions by use of life table analysis and three different calculations of patient exposure time revealed a poorer prognosis for the patients who had left main coronary artery disease (p less than or equal to .04 for all three methods). The stepwise Cox analysis also determined that patients who had left main artery stenoses had a significantly poorer prognosis than patients who had left main equivalent coronary disease (p = .002), even after consideration of important baseline variables known to affect survival rates. We then compared the patients who had combined proximal left anterior descending and proximal left circumflex artery disease with patients who had combined stenoses greater than or equal to 70% in the nonproximal left anterior descending stenosis influenced survival rates. The 5 year to determine if location of the left anterior descending stenosis influenced survival rates. The 5 year survival rate was not as high for the patients who had proximal left anterior descending artery disease (55% vs 70%, p = .001). In conclusion, combined proximal left anterior descending and proximal left circumflex artery disease identifies a high-risk (as determined by angiography) patient subset.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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