Effect of Partial Ileal Bypass Surgery on Mortality and Morbidity from Coronary Heart Disease in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia

Buchwald, Hēnry; L. Varco, Richard; P. Matts, John; M. Long, John; L. Fitch, Laurie; S. Campbell, Gilbert; B. Pearce, Malcolm; E. Yellin, Albert; Edmiston, W.Allan; D. Smink, Robert; S. Sawin, Henry; T. Campos, Christian; J. Hansen, Betty; Tuna, Naip; N. Karnegis, James; E. Sanmarco, Miguel; Amplatz, Kurt; R Castańeda-Zúńiga, W; W. Hunter, David; K. Bissett, Joseph; J. Weber, Frederic; Stevenson, James; S. Leon, Arthur; C. Chalmers, Thomas

doi:10.1056/nejm199010043231404

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Effect of Partial Ileal Bypass Surgery on Mortality and Morbidity from Coronary Heart Disease in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 4, 1990

Authors:

Hēnry Buchwald

Richard L. Varco

John P. Matts

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The Program on the Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH), a randomized clinical trial, was designed to test whether cholesterol lowering induced by the partial ileal bypass operation would favorably affect overall mortality or mortality due to coronary heart disease...

Subject

Medicine

Bypass surgery

Hyperlipidemia

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