Dotteren met stentplaatsing versus een bypassoperatie bij symptomatisch meervatslijden; lessen uit een observationeel onderzoek

- In a large observational study comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using stent implantation with coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG), 3-year survival was better after CABG than after PCI with stenting. This was particularly true in patients with triple-vessel disease, and for patients with two-vessel disease with involvement of the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD). Potential explanations for this finding are that with CABG ‘future’ culprit lesions are bypassed or that CABG allows a more complete revascularization. Based on the results of this study, the CABG procedure is preferable in those patients with symptomatic multiple-vessel disease with involvement of the proximal LAD, especially if they have accompanying reduced left ventricular function or diabetes mellitus.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2005;149:2837-40