Long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting versus stent-PCI for unprotected left main disease: a meta-analysis.
Salvatore De RosaAlberto PolimeniJolanda SabatinoCiro IndolfiPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2017)
The present meta-analysis, the most comprehensive and updated to date, including 5 randomized studies and 4499 patients, demonstrates no difference between Stent-PCI and CABG for the treatment of LMCA disease in the composite endpoint of death, stroke and myocardial infarction. Hence, a large part of patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease can be managed equally well by means of both these revascularization strategies.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- systematic review
- acute myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- atrial fibrillation
- acute coronary syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- case control
- newly diagnosed
- double blind
- open label
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- aortic stenosis
- meta analyses
- left ventricular
- coronary artery bypass
- type diabetes
- blood brain barrier
- study protocol
- cardiovascular disease