Percutaneous vs. surgical revascularization for patients with unprotected left main stenosis: a meta-analysis of 5-year follow-up randomized controlled trials.
Fabrizio D'AscenzoOvidio De FilippoEdoardo EliaMattia Paolo DoronzoPierluigi OmedèAntonio MontefuscoMauro PennoneStefano SalizzoniFederico ConrottoGuglielmo GalloneFilippo AngeliniGiulia BottiFrancesco BrunoMassimo BoffiniMario F L GaudinoMauro RinaldiGaetano Maria De FerrariPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2022)
For patients with ULM disease followed-up for 5 years, no significant difference was observed in all-cause and cardiovascular death between PCI and CABG. Coronary artery bypass graft reduced risk of MI, revascularization, and MACCE especially in older patients and in those with complex coronary disease and a high SYNTAX score.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- coronary artery disease
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- randomized controlled trial
- coronary artery
- minimally invasive
- ultrasound guided
- heart failure
- radiofrequency ablation
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- double blind