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 endpoint
29 (10%)
26 (9.6%)
0.862
All-cause death
23 (7.9%)
23 (8.5%)
0.819
Cardiac death
15 (5.2%)
15 (5.5%)
0.856
Spontaneous MI
4 (1.4%)
2 (0.7%)
0.458
Stroke
2 (0.6%)
4 (1.4%)
0.641
Ischemia-driven revascularization
17 (5.9%)
5 (1.8%)
0.010
Long-term outcome
PCI
CABG
Total p value
Death, MI, stroke rate estimation†
(n = 288)
(n = 270)
0.585
1 year
5.6% ± 1.3%
7.8% ± 1.6%
2 years
9.4% ± 1.7%
9.6% ± 1.8%
3 years
13.3% ± 2.3%
13.7% ± 2.2%
4 years
13.7% ± 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.