Unprotected left main revascularization: Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass. An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Luca TestaAzeem LatibMario BollatiRocco Antonio MontoneAntonio ColomboFilippo CreaFrancesco BedogniPublished in: PloS one (2017)
In patients with UPLM disease, PCI and CABG are associated with similar rates of MACE and mortality at 1 year as well as after 5 years. Differences can be detected for individual end points at both short and long term FU.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass
- systematic review
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- antiplatelet therapy
- meta analyses
- cardiovascular events
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
- randomized controlled trial