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- Title
Review: In diabetes with multivessel or left main CAD, PCI increases death/MI/stroke combo compared with CABG.
- Authors
Hlatky, Mark A.
- Abstract
The author opines on the research "Coronary revascularization in diabetic patients: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis" by B. TU and others, published in the periodical "Annals of Internal Medicine" in 2014. It examines effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with bare-metal stents (BMSs) or drug-eluting stents (DESs) in improving outcomes. It compares the PCI outcomes with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
- Subjects
CORONARY heart disease treatment; CORONARY artery bypass; DIABETES; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL infarction; SURGICAL stents; SEARCH engines; TREATMENT effectiveness
- Publication
ACP Journal Club, 2015, Vol 162, Issue 6, p1
- ISSN
1056-8751
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.7326/ACPJC-2015-162-6-008