Clinical Study

Second Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Treatment of Young Patients with Left Main and/or Multivessel Coronary Disease

Table 2

Clinical outcome of overall patients before adjustment by propensity score matching.

PCI (n = 132)CABG (n = 81)Unadjusted HR (95% CI)-valueAdjusted HR (95% CI)-value

MACCE27 (20.5%)7 (8.6%)2.508 (1.091, 5.762)0.0303.263 (1.379, 7.722)0.007
MI2 (1.5%)2 (2.5%)0.601 (0.085, 4.268)0.6111.222 (0.132, 11.271)0.860
Stroke02 (2.5%)0.008 (0.00, 1535.874)0.4350 (0.00, 1.490E + 048)0.881
Death02 (2.5%)0.008 (0.00, 1423.967)0.4360 (0.00, 7.074E + 143)0.939
Repeat revascularization25 (18.9%)3 (3.7%)5.435 (1.640, 18.011)0.0066.968 (2.036, 23.842)0.002

CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting; CI: confidence interval; HR: hazard ratio; MACCE: major adverse cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events which is the composite of all-cause death, stroke, MI or repeat revascularization; MI: myocardial infarction; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention.