title: Has the difference in mortality between percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting in people with heart disease and diabetes changed over the years? A systematic review and meta-regression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the difference in outcome between percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), to see if it has changed over the years in diabetics deemed eligible for both treatments; and to contrast the long-term mortality findings with those in non-diabetics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Meta-analyses using data from randomised controlled trials found by searches on MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, from their inception until March 2015.
  
  
  METHODS
  Studies had to be randomised controlled trials comparing PCI with CABG.
  
  
  METHODS
  Those taking part in the studies had to have multivessel cardiac or left main artery cardiac disease and be deemed eligible for both treatments.
  
  
  METHODS
  PCI or CABG.
  
  
  METHODS
  The primary outcome was all cause mortality. Secondary outcomes were a composite of mortality, stroke and myocardial infarction; cardiovascular death; and MACCE (Major Adverse Cardiac or Cerebrovascular Event). The longest follow-up was used in the analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 14 studies (4868 diabetics) reported over three decades, meta-regression shows no relationship between the year of publication and the difference in long term all cause mortality between PCI and CABG. CABG has maintained an approximately 30% mortality advantage compared to PCI. The other outcomes used showed the same lack of change over the years. These findings held true among insulin-requiring and non-insulin-requiring diabetics. However, among non-diabetics included in the 14 studies, there was no difference in mortality outcome between PCI and CABG.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The difference in outcome between PCI and CABG in diabetics has not narrowed from the beginning-with balloon angioplasty to current PCI-with the second generation of drug eluting stents. In contrast to the non-diabetics, there is a persistent 30% benefit in all cause mortality favouring CABG in diabetics, and this should be a major factor in treatment recommendation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herbison
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Cheuk-Kit
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000401:mortality*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Multi-vessel disease; Systematic review; meta-regression