Journal article
Healthy Behavior, Risk Factor Control, and Survival in the COURAGE Trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Individual risk factor control improves survival in patients with stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD). It is uncertain if multiple risk factor control further extends survival.
OBJECTIVES: This study determined whether a greater number of risk factors at goal predicted improved survival in SIHD patients.
Authors
Maron DJ; Mancini GBJ; Hartigan PM; Spertus JA; Sedlis SP; Kostuk WJ; Berman DS; Teo KK; Weintraub WS; Boden WE
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 72, No. 19, pp. 2297–2305
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.jacc.2018.08.2163
ISSN
0735-1097