Effect of increasing age on percutaneous coronary intervention vs coronary artery bypass grafting in older adults with unprotected left main coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis and meta-regression.
Mahin R KhanWaleed T KayaniWaqas AhmadMalalai MananRavi S HiraIhab HamzehHani JneidSalim S ViraniNeal KleimanNasser LakkisMahboob AlamPublished in: Clinical cardiology (2019)
PCI was associated with a markedly lower rate of early stroke in octogenarians as compared to CABG. All-cause mortality was comparable between the two arms with a trend favoring CABG at ≥36-months.PCI was however associated with increasing mortality with advancing age as compared to CABG.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- cardiovascular events
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery bypass
- physical activity
- risk factors
- heart failure
- aortic valve
- cardiovascular disease
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- ejection fraction