RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Jacobson, Anne
T1 New Findings from BARI 2D
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2009
FD SAGE Publications
VO 9
IS 5
SP 24
OP 25
DO 10.1177/155989770905013
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/9/5/24.abstract
AB For patients with type 2 diabetes and stable coronary artery disease (CAD), intensive medical therapy provides similar protection against myocardial infarctionand cardiac death compared with percutaneous coronary intervention but is not as effective as coronary artery bypass grafting among patients with more extensive CAD, according to new findings from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes [BARI 2D; NCT00006305] trial.