Cost‐effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention with drug‐eluting stents in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease compared to coronary artery bypass surgery 5 years after intervention

Conclusions. Cost‐effectiveness analysis of DES‐PCI vs. CABG demonstrated that CABG is the most effective, but most costly, treatment for preventing MACCE in patients with multivessel disease. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - January 9, 2014 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Lisa Krenn, Christoph Kopp, Dietmar Glogar, Irene M Lang, Georg Delle‐Karth, Thomas Neunteufl, Gerhard Kreiner, Alexandra Kaider, Jutta Bergler‐Klein, Aliasghar Khorsand, Maryam Nikfardjam, Günther Laufer, Gerald Maurer, Mariann Gyöngyösi Tags: Research Article Source Type: research