title: Comparison of three-year outcomes after coronary stenting versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with multivessel coronary disease, including involvement of the left anterior descending coronary artery proximally (a subanalysis of the arterial revascularization therapies study trial).
abstract: The long-term effect of stents in patients with multivessel disease involving the proximal left anterior descending artery was investigated. At 3 years, there was no difference in the combined incidence of death, stroke, and myocardial infarction in either group, but the need for repeat revascularization was more frequent in the group with stenting than in the group with coronary artery bypass grafting.
authors.affiliation: Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Andrew T L
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: Chourmouzios A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Arampatzis
authors.forename: Maniyal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vijaykumar
authors.forename: Gaston A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Granillo
authors.forename: Clemens M C
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Disco
authors.forename: Patrick W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Serruys
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome