Improved Survival in Asymptomatic Diabetic Patients With High-Risk Spect Imaging Treated With Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Author(s) -
Paul Sorajja,
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee,
Navin Rajagopalan,
Todd D. Miller,
Robert L. Frye,
David O. Hodge,
Raymond J. Gibbons
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.525022
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , asymptomatic , revascularization , angioplasty , cardiology , percutaneous coronary intervention , coronary artery disease , artery , surgery , radiology , myocardial infarction
The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation trial demonstrated that symptomatic diabetics with multivessel coronary artery disease had a survival advantage with initial coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) versus percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). No published study has examined different treatments and outcome in asymptomatic diabetics.
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