A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 35,409 Patients Undergoing PCI versus CABG for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Diseases

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  Fig. 1.. Literature retrieval process. RCTs, randomized control trials; OSs, observational studies.

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  Fig. 2.. RCTs quality assessment using the Cochrane Collaboration tool. RCTs, randomized control trials.

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  Fig. 3.. An analysis of the forest plots of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events between PCI and CABG strategies. RCTs, randomized controlled trials; OSs, observational studies; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.

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  Fig. 4.. Contour-enhanced funnel plots are used to evaluate the publication bias of studies about major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (A), all-cause death (B), cardiac death (C), myocardial infarction (D), stroke (E), and stent thrombosis (F).

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  Fig. 5.. Heterogeneity of studies sensitivity analysis about major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (A) and all-cause death (B).

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  Fig. 6.. An analysis of the forest plots of all-cause death between the PCI and CABG strategies. RCTs, randomized controlled trials; OSs, observational studies; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.

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  Fig. 7.. An analysis of the forest plots of cardiac death between PCI and CABG strategies. RCTs, randomized controlled trials; OSs, observational studies; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.

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  Fig. 8.. An analysis of the forest plots of myocardial infarction between PCI and CABG strategies. RCTs, randomized controlled trials; OSs, observational studies; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.

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  Fig. 9.. Heterogeneity of studies sensitivity analysis about myocardial infarction (A) and target vessel revascularization (B).

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  Fig. 10.. An analysis of the forest plots of stroke between PCI and CABG strategies. RCTs, randomized controlled trials; OSs, observational studies; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.

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  Fig. 11.. An analysis of the forest plots of target vessel revascularization between PCI and CABG strategies. RCTs, randomized controlled trials; OSs, observational studies; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.

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  Fig. 12.. An analysis of the forest plots of stent thrombosis between PCI and CABG strategies. RCTs, randomized controlled trials; OSs, observational studies; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.