The optimal revascularization strategy for multivessel coronary artery disease: the debate continues.

Full Abstract

Mortality rates were lower among patients with multivessel coronary artery disease who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) than among similar patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in an analysis of data from New York State registries (N Engl J Med 2005; 352:2174-2183). This finding appears to run counter to the results of randomized controlled trials, which found both procedures equivalent with regard to mortality. What are we to believe?

Author information

Author/s: Casserly, Ivan P (IP);

Affiliation: Interventional Cardiology, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Colorado 80220, USA. ivan.casserly(-atsign-)med.va.gov

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine (Cleve Clin J Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Apr; vol 73 (issue 4) : pp 317-8, 320-2, 324 passim

Dates: Created 2006/04/13; Completed 2006/05/25; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 16610392, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentIn: Cleve Clin J Med. 2006 Apr;73(4):340, 343. (PMID: 16610394)

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