CABG Versus PCI

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 66; no. 13; pp. 1417 - 1427
• Main Authors: Habib, Robert H., PhD, Dimitrova, Kamellia R., MD, Badour, Sanaa A., MD, Yammine, Maroun B., MD, El-Hage-Sleiman, Abdul-Karim M., MD, Hoffman, Darryl M., MD, Geller, Charles M., MD, Schwann, Thomas A., MD, Tranbaugh, Robert F., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 29.09.2015
• Subjects: arterial grafting; Cardiovascular; coronary stents; Internal Medicine; myocardial revascularization; propensity matching; coronary artery disease; arterial grafting; multiarterial coronary artery bypass graft; LITA; HR; single-arterial coronary artery bypass graft; drug-eluting stent(s); percutaneous coronary intervention; coronary stents; bare-metal stent(s); CI; CAD; left internal thoracic artery; BMS; coronary artery bypass graft; SA-CABG; LAD; myocardial revascularization; DES; left anterior descending; PCI; hazard ratio; MA-CABG; confidence interval; CABG; propensity matching

Abstract Background Treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease with traditional single-arterial coronary artery bypass graft (SA-CABG) has been associated with superior intermediate-term survival and reintervention compared with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using either bare-metal...