Comparison of late (four years) functional health status between percutaneous transluminal angioplasty intervention and off-pump left internal mammary artery bypass grafting for isolated high-grade narrowing of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery.
In a 4-year follow-up study, we compared functional health status (FHS) in patients randomized to surgery (n = 51) or angioplasty (n = 51) for an isolated narrowing of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. FHS was assessed with the Short Form-36 and the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaires. Although the occurrence of angina (p = 0.036) and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (p = 0.02) was significantly higher 4 years after angioplasty, FHS did not differ between treatments and was comparable to a healthy reference population.
Drenth
Derk J
DJ
Thoraxcentre of the Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Veeger
Nic J G M
NJ
Middel
Berrie
B
Zijlstra
Felix
F
Boonstra
Piet W
PW
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors