Outpatient Versus Inpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Left Main Disease (From the EXCEL Trial)

Prior studies in patients with non-complex coronary artery disease (CAD) have demonstrated the safety of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the outpatient setting. We sought to examine the outcomes of outpatient PCI in patients with unprotected left main CAD (LMCAD). In the EXCEL trial, 1905 patients with LMCAD and site-assessed low or intermediate SYNTAX scores were randomized to PCI with everolimus-eluting stents versus coronary artery bypass grafting. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE; the composite of death, stroke, or MI).
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Outpatient Versus Inpatient PCI in EXCEL Source Type: research