title: Meta-analysis of four randomized controlled trials on long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting for multivessel coronary artery disease.
abstract: To provide a quantitative analysis of long-term clinical outcomes, a meta-analysis of 4 randomized controlled trials of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for multivessel coronary artery disease was conducted. The search identified 4 randomized controlled trials of PCI with stenting versus CABG that enrolled patients with multivessel coronary artery disease. In conclusion, pooled analysis demonstrated no statistically significant differences in death, cardiac death, Q-wave myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accidents, and angina pectoris between PCI with stenting and CABG. However, PCI with stenting was associated with a statistically significant increase in subsequent PCI, subsequent CABG, subsequent revascularization (PCI or CABG), and major adverse cardiovascular events relative to CABG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan. kfgth973@ybb.ne.jp
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Norikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umemoto
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D015607:Stents; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome