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Long-Term Mortality of 306,868 Patients with Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: CABG versus PCI

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Efird, Jimmy T., Wesley T. O’Neal, Stephen W. Davies, Whitney L. Kennedy, Lada N. Alger, Jason B. O’Neal, T. Bruce Ferguson, and Alan P. Kypson. 2013. “Long-Term Mortality of 306,868 Patients with Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: CABG versus PCI.” British journal of medicine and medical research 3 (4): 1248-1257.

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Background: Several randomized controlled trials (RCT) have reported no difference in long-term mortality between coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The purpose of this pooled observational analysis was to compare recent retrospective studies examining long-term survival of patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease undergoing CABG and PCI. Methodology We searched Medline for observational studies comparing long-term (>1 year) survival between CABG and PCI for the treatment of multi-vessel coronary artery disease over the past 10 years. Results: Eight studies met inclusion criteria. A total of 306,868 patients (155,502 CABG; 151,366 PCI) were identified. Follow-up ranged from 1 to 8 years. Mantel-Haenszel combined hazard ratios (HR) for mortality demonstrated a protective benefit of CABG compared with PCI (HR=0.77, 95%CI=0.75–0.79). Conclusion: These findings suggest a long-term survival advantage for CABG compared with PCI in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease.

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CABG, PCI, survival, long-term

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