Why the study?
Does percutaneous coronary intervention improve health-related quality of life compared to coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation?
Does percutaneous coronary intervention improve health-related quality of life compared to coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation?
In patients with NSTE-ACS, CABG is associated with better physical function at 12 months compared to PCI, though mental health outcomes are similar.
May support CABG over PCI for physical HRQoL in NSTE-ACS; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
This study has shown that there is a significant difference in health-related quality of life 12-months after percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. This difference arises from better physical function (physical component summary) for coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients compared with percutaneous coronary intervention patients. Despite impairment of the physical health status (physical component summary), the mental health status (mental component summary) remained similar in both groups.
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