Do Hybrid Procedures Have Proven Clinical Utility and Are They the Wave of the Future?
Author(s) -
Marzia Leacche,
David Zhao,
Ramanan Umakanthan,
John G. Byrne
Publication year - 2012
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.111.031138
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , percutaneous coronary intervention , revascularization , bypass grafting , artery , cardiology , coronary artery disease , coronary heart disease , clinical decision making , surgery , intensive care medicine , myocardial infarction
The LIMA-to-LAD graftis also superior to PCI in terms of long-term patency,event-free survival, and relief of angina. The major benefitsof multivessel PCI with drug-eluting stents (DES) to treatmultivessel coronary artery disease are that it is less invasive,has shorter recovery times, and has lower stroke ratescompared with CABG.
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