PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jacobson, Anne
ED  - Mark, Daniel B.
TI  - Quality of Life and Cost-Effectiveness Associated with the Late Opening of a Total Occluded Artery
DP  - 2007  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 21--22
VI  - 7
IP  - 7
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/7/21.2.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/7/21.2.full
AB  - Quality-of-life and cost-effectiveness analyses of data from patients in the Occluded Artery Trial [OAT] have shown that a strategy of routine percutaneous coronary intervention has modest symptom benefits that diminish over time. The strategy is also more expensive than optimal medical therapy alone.