Research Article

Outcomes of Left Main Revascularization after Percutaneous Intervention or Bypass Surgery

Table 3

Clinical outcomes.

PCI (n = 288)CABG (n = 270) value

Two-year outcome
Primary endpoint29 (10%)26 (9.6%)0.862
All-cause death23 (7.9%)23 (8.5%)0.819
Cardiac death15 (5.2%)15 (5.5%)0.856
Spontaneous MI4 (1.4%)2 (0.7%)0.458
Stroke2 (0.6%)4 (1.4%)0.641
Ischemia-driven revascularization17 (5.9%)5 (1.8%)0.010

Long-term outcomePCICABGTotal p value
Death, MI, stroke rate estimation(n = 288)(n = 270)0.585
1 year5.6% ± 1.3%7.8% ± 1.6%
2 years9.4% ± 1.7%9.6% ± 1.8%
3 years13.3% ± 2.3%13.7% ± 2.2%
4 years13.7% ± 2.2%17.1% ± 2.6%

2 patients with stroke in the surgical group died within 2 years. † Kaplan–Meier estimate. CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.