Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Versus Stenting for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery bypass grafting versus stenting for unprotected left main coronary artery disease: where lies the body of proof?

Technical advances in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) and stent technology have emboldened the interventional cardiology community to test the feasibility of and document the procedural results for stenting the left main coronary artery.7–14 Surgical approaches have a distinct advantage in that they can ignore the complexity and location of the left main coronary lesion, because bypa...

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Drug-Eluting Stents Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis

Stents versus coronary-artery bypass grafting for left main coronary artery disease.

BACKGROUND Several studies have compared the treatment effects of coronary stenting and coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, there are limited data regarding the long-term outcomes of these two interventions for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease. METHODS We evaluated 1102 patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease who underwent stent impl...

Comparison of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

PURPOSE Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the optimal treatment option for left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD). However, LMCAD remains a constant topic of discussion between cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of LMCAD treatments by comparing the mid-term outcomes of CABG and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) u...

All-cause mortality in patients with unprotected left main coronary disease: comparison between stenting and coronary artery bypass grafting.

All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Unprotected Left Main Coronary Disease: Comparison Between Stenting and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting The interventions aimed at patients with unprotected left main coronary disease are supported by a vast amount of data, the interpretation of which is increasingly difficult. For this purpose, studies using traditional meta-analysis and/or metaregression a...