Why the study?
Do patients with prior experience of both CABG and PCI prefer staged PCI or CABG for multi-vessel coronary artery disease?
Population
213 consecutive patients with prior CABG and at least 2 PCI procedures
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Patients may favor staged PCI when outcomes equal CABG; leaves open how preferences integrate into heart-team decisions.
Do patients with prior experience of both CABG and PCI prefer staged PCI or CABG for multi-vessel coronary artery disease?
Patients with experience of both CABG and PCI strongly prefer staged PCI over CABG for multi-vessel CAD, primarily driven by shorter recovery times and age.
Ohlow et al. (2018) studied this question.
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