Is CABG Superior to DES for Repeat Revascularization in Patients With Isolated Proximal LAD Disease?

We read with great interest the paper by Hannan et al. (1) comparing the clinical outcomes in a large number of patients with isolated proximal left anterior descending (PLAD) coronary artery disease who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) with drug-eluting stents (DES). They showed that there were no statistically significant differences in mortality or mortality, myocardial infarction (MI), and/or stroke between the CABG and PCI-DES groups, whereas CABG patients had significantly lower repeat revascularization rates.
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research