Anoop N Koshy, Gregg W Stone, Samantha Sartori, Vishal Dhulipala, Gennaro Giustino, Alessandro Spirito, Serdar Farhan, Kenneth F Smith, Yihan Feng, Manish Vinayak, Negar Salehi, Richard Tanner, Amit Hooda, Parasuram Krishnamoorthy, Joseph M Sweeny, Sahil Khera, George Dangas, Farzan Filsoufi, Roxana Mehran, Annapoorna S Kini, Valentin Fuster, Samin K Sharma
BACKGROUND: Patients may prefer percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, despite heart team recommendations. The outcomes in such patients have not been examined. We sought to examine the results of PCI in patients who were recommended for but declined CABG. METHODS AND RESULTS: Consecutive patients with stable ischemic heart disease and unprotected left main or 3-vessel disease or Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery score >22 who underwent PCI after heart team review between 2013 and 2020 were included...
May 31, 2024: Journal of the American Heart Association