title: Clinical Trials Versus Clinical Practice: When Evidence and Practice Diverge--Should Nondiabetic Patients With 3-Vessel Disease and Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Be Preferentially Treated With CABG?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware.
authors.forename: Pranav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kansara
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware.
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.affiliation: Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hann
authors.affiliation: Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tcheng
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: S Tanveer
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Rab
authors.affiliation: Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: lloydklein@comcast.net.
authors.forename: Lloyd W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000401:mortality; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D012042:Registries; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: CABG; PCI; cost effectiveness; quality of life; stent(s)