Patients with ULMCA disease treated with PCI had favorable early outcomes in comparison with the CABG group. At 1 year, LVEF had improved significantly only in the PCI group. After more than 2 years, MACCE-free survival was similar in both groups with a trend toward improved survival after PCI.
These findings suggest that patients with multivessel coronary artery disease technically suitable for either stent supported PCI or CABG have very similar 10 year outcomes with respect to mortality, angina class, LVEF, and MACCE other than RR. Excess RR following PCI predominantly occurs in early years and is numerically lower following PCI in years 5-10. This underscores the need for longer-term follow up from randomized trials.
Based on the results of our study, we were unable to identify factors determining remission of AF coexisting with AFL in patients after percutaneous CTI ablation. These findings may indicate the need for complex ablation procedure (involving both CTI and pulmonary venous ostia ablation) in patients in whom these two arrhythmias coexist.
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