Quality of life after PCI vs CABG among patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The FREEDOM trial demonstrated that among patients with diabetes mellitus and multivessel coronary artery disease, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery resulted in lower rates of death and myocardial infarction but a higher risk of stroke when compared with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using drug-eluting stents. Whether there are treatment differences in health status, as assessed from the patient's perspective, is unknown.

Objectives

To compare the relative effects of CABG vs PCI using drug-eluting stents on health status among patients with diabetes mellitus and multivessel coronary artery disease.

Design, setting, and participants

Between 2005 and 2010, 1900 patients from 18 countries with diabetes mellitus and multivessel coronary art

SUBMITTER: Abdallah MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4370776 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature