title: Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized studies.
abstract: We performed a meta-analysis of all studies comparing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (OPCABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with coronary artery disease. Ten studies were included in the meta-analysis and 4,821 patients were compared, of whom 3,450 patients underwent PCI and 1,371 patients underwent OPCABG. The rates of stroke, myocardial infarction, cardiac mortality, and all-cause mortality were similar. The 12-month rate of major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events and need for repeat revascularization was significantly lower in the OPCABG group when compared with the PCI group.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Baird Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: J James
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Edelman
authors.forename: Tristan D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Ratnasari
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Padang
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Bannon
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Vallely
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic