Coronary artery disease: revascularization strategies for patients with CAD and diabetes.
CABG surgery has been considered the optimal revascularization strategy for patients with diabetes mellitus who have lexft main and/or multivessel coronary artery disease. The results of a new analysis of data from the SYNTAX trial challenge this conventional wisdom and highlight additional coronary revascularization options to physicians and patients.
Myers
G Robert
GR
Section of Cardiology, Room 2E99, Christiana Hospital, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19718, USA.
Weintraub
William S
WS
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000401:mortality; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome